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Criminal

Feb. 13, 2003

Burton Makes Progress With Bill Implementing 'Atkins'

SACRAMENTO - For the second year in a row, criminal defense lawyers are trying to pass a bill in the Legislature that would implement a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision banning executions of the mentally retarded.

By Hudson Sangree
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SACRAMENTO - For the second year in a row, criminal defense lawyers are trying to pass a bill in the Legislature that would implement a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision banning executions of the mentally retarded.
        This year's bill, SB3, cleared the S...

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