Criminal
Aug. 13, 2010
Attorneys for Convicted Killer Push for Evidence in Crime Lab Case
Defense attorneys for a federal death penalty defendant whom a jury declined to send to death row last year are trying to sort out what effect - if any - the city's recent crime lab scandal might have on his convictions.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal death penalty defendant whom a jury declined to send to death row last year has already seen his life imprisonment sentencing postponed as his defense attorneys try to sort out what effect - if any - the city's recent crime lab scandal might have on his convictions.
But attorneys for gang member Dennis Cyrus Jr. want more than a delay in sentencing: They...
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