Criminal
Nov. 21, 2000
Death Penalty OK'd Despite 76-Hour Detention
Although police illegally detained a confessed killer for 76 hours without an arraignment, a federal appeals court has upheld the defendant's death sentence, saying the remedy for the constitutional violation is not a new penalty trial.
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