Death and the Fifth Circuit
by TChris
Andrew Cohen sums up the Fifth Circuit:
This appellate court and many of the judges on it are simply hostile to the rights of criminal defendants and have been for many years.
Case in point: a 2-1 death penalty affirmance that upheld a judge's refusal to allow the jury to hear how the defendant's death would affect his family and friends.
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