Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 19, 2005
Alito Could Swing Death Decisions to the Right
WASHINGTON - After Ronald Rompilla was sentenced to death for the 1988 murder of a Pennsylvania bar owner who had been stabbed repeatedly and set on fire, he argued that his lawyers failed to investigate and present evidence about his troubled childhood that could have persuaded a jury to spare his life.
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