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Criminal

Sep. 16, 2006

Panel Tosses Capital Case Conviction

How did a defense attorney screw up his client's capital murder case 20 years ago?

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer
     
How did a defense attorney screw up his client's capital murder case 20 years ago?
      Let the 9th Circuit count the ways.
      Arnold Lieman failed to present evidence of the defendant's chronic drug use, early childhood head trauma, mental impairments, brain damage and child abuse, a three-jud...

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