Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 15, 2006
Death Sentence Reinstated by Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death sentence for a murder committed 24 years ago in San Joaquin County, in a decision that saw the justices express two starkly different views on whether a trial judge's instructions to jurors were constitutionally adequate.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death sentence for a murder committed 24 years ago in San Joaquin County, in a decision that saw the justices express two starkly different views on whether a trial judge's instructions to jurors were constitutionally adequate.
The ruling was the first of th...
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