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"The victim's voice: Statements by a woman murdered by her boyfriend should be allowed to stand in his conviction."

"The victim's voice: Statements by a woman murdered by her boyfriend should be allowed to stand in his conviction." Today's edition of The Los Angeles Times contains an editorial that begins, "In a case reminiscent of the story of the boy who killed his parents and then asked for mercy because he was an orphan, the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to overturn a California man's murder conviction because the victim's statements about his violent nature were read in court. The case is legally more complex than the apocryphal story about the orphan, but the principle is the same: A defendant shouldn't benefit from silencing his accuser."

Full post as published by How Appealing on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).