Gang Initiation Turns Deadly

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On September 24, 2016
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  • Federal Appeals, Murder
A case that got appealed to the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia following a conviction for second-degree murder has been overturned in the defendant’s favor because the prosecutor made an interesting mistake: He got the law wrong. The case began in Germany, when ex-military member Rico Williams, who had stayed abroad to be […]
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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Case Makes it to the Supreme Court

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On July 7, 2016
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  • Murder, race, sentencing, supreme court
In their recent listing of cases that they will be hearing in the upcoming term, the Supreme Court of the United States showed that they were taking on a pair of death penalty cases from the state of Texas. The choice of these cases shows an increasing focus on the death penalty by the Supreme […]
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