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....
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’...
