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MO: Craig Wood’s Death Sentence Flawed in Part Because of Prosecutorial Misconduct

MO: Craig Wood’s Death Sentence Flawed in Part Because of Prosecutorial Misconduct

by Bert | Aug 9, 2019 | Missouri

“The facts presented by the underlying crime are appalling and horrifying.” That is a line not from the Missouri Supreme Court’s majority opinion affirming the death sentence of Craig Wood, but instead from the dissent. And it is undeniably true. The evidence that Mr....
OK: US Supreme Court Decision Reins In Prosecutorial Overreach in Penalty Phase of Capital Cases

OK: US Supreme Court Decision Reins In Prosecutorial Overreach in Penalty Phase of Capital Cases

by Bert | Nov 2, 2016 | Oklahoma

For years Oklahoma prosecutors have encouraged family members of murder victims to tell jurors that they wanted to see a sentence of death imposed upon the capital defendant charged for the crime. But, years ago the Supreme Court held that a victim’s family members’...

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