Criminal,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dec. 19, 2019
GOP-named 9th Circuit judges decry death penalty ruling
A chorus of Republican-appointed judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decried on Wednesday a ruling that granted relief to a death penalty appellant, dissenting from a circuit-wide decision not to rehear the case.
A chorus of Republican-appointed judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decried on Wednesday a ruling that granted relief to a death penalty appellant, dissenting from a circuit-wide decision not to rehear the case.
The 12-judge dissent -- joined by six of President Donald Trump's appointees and one Democrat-nominated jurist, John B. Owens -- reflects a circuit ...
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