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Criminal

Mar. 30, 2005

Misconduct Cases Reveal Death Penalty's Random Nature

Forum Column - By Natasha Minsker - Two death penalty cases are tried in the same county, at the same time, and are marred by the same illegal conduct by the prosecutor. Both involve false testimony by informant witnesses to whom the prosecutors gave valuable benefits. Why is one defendant getting a new trial and the other rushing towards a date with death?

        
        Forum Column
        
        By Natasha Minsker
        
        Two death penalty cases are tried in the same county, at the same time, and are marred b...

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