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Law Practice

Jul. 28, 2007

Court Spares Murder Convict From Death

Longtime death-row prisoner James Hardy might not be a killer, but he still deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      Longtime death-row prisoner James Hardy might not be a killer, but he still deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
      The unanimous court overturned Hardy's 1983 death sentence for the brutal stabbing murders of a Van Nuys woman and her 8-year-old son because of doubt that Hardy actually ...

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