Criminal
Oct. 26, 2002
Fallout From 'Atkins' Spreads
LOS ANGELES - Accused murderer Steven Woodruff will ask a trial judge in Riverside today to allow a separate jury to determine his eligibility for the death penalty before he is tried for murder, in the second California case attempting to implement the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Atkins v. Virginia , which banned execution of people with mental retardation.
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