Criminal,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 2, 2018
9th Circuit reverses murder convictions
A U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated the first degree murder convictions of a man who brutally killed two young women in 1981, citing his defense counsel’s failure to argue diminished capacity.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated the first degree murder convictions of a man who brutally killed two young women in 1981, citing his defense counsel’s failure to argue diminished capacity.
In an opinion published Friday, two judges appointed by President Jimmy Carter reversed 2-1 a district court judge’s denial of a writ of habeas corpus for Francis Hernandez, who has spent almost four decades in prison for the rap...
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