6th Circ. Voids Man's Death Penalty Over 'Judicial Malfunction'
By Gina Kim ( August 7, 2024, 8:33 PM EDT) -- The Sixth Circuit on Wednesday granted a capital defendant's habeas petition based on a trial court's decision to recruit the prosecutor to ghostwrite a "corrupt opinion" issuing the death penalty and refusing to allow the defendant to proffer relevant mitigating evidence at his re-sentencing, in violation of his constitutional rights....
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