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Appellate Practice

Oct. 18, 2002

Case Tests Decision to Ban Death of Retarded

EL CENTRO - A hearing set to begin this morning in the Imperial County courtroom of Judge James H. Harmon will offer one of the first tests of the U.S. Supreme Court decision banning executions of mentally retarded individuals.

By Claude Walbert
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        EL CENTRO - A hearing set to begin this morning in the Imperial County courtroom of Judge James H. Harmon will offer one of the first tests of the U.S. Supreme Court decision banning executions of mentally retarded individuals.
        Jury selection had ju...

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