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Constitutional Law

Jan. 20, 2017

Self-representation in death penalty phase raises questions

If we want to know how history will judge the Dylann Roof death penalty trial in 150 years, look no further than the 2016 Man Booker short-listed novel "His Bloody Project" by Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet. By Richard A. Hamar

Richard A. Hamar

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Richard is a trial attorney and published author specializing in legal, political and Mexican border topics - www.legalmotherhamar.com; www.yogalaw.com

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By Richard A. Hamar

If we want to know how history will judge the Dylann Roof death penalty trial in 150 years, look no further than the 2016 Man Booker short-listed novel, "His Bloody Project." Scottish author Graeme Macrae Burnet writes a story of historical fiction about a death penalty trial in Scotland that took place in 1869. The trial is strikingly similar to that of the cold blooded, racially motivated murders that took place in a histori...

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