Letters,
Criminal,
California Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 30, 2014
Column perpetuates death penalty falsity
In his recent article, Lawrence Waddington perpetuates a falsity regarding the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' high reversal of California Supreme Court death sentences.
Scott Kauffman
Senior Staff Attorney
California Appellate Project
In his recent article "Death penalty case heads to oft-overturned 9th Circuit" (Aug. 25), Lawrence Waddington perpetuates a falsity regarding the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' high reversal of California Supreme Court death sentences. Waddington attributes much of the delay in resolution of California capital cases to the 9th Circuit: "The 9th Circuit has overruled almost all state capital cases on habeas corpus during the last decade. It frequently finds no legal error in the state c...
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