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The Curtis Osborne Case in Georgia

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Race and the death penalty is rearing its ugly head in the Georgia case of Curtis Osborne, who has a June 4 execution date. Today's Atlanta Journal Constitution reports, "Racism 'infected' killer's defense?," by Bill Rankin.With his tall Stetson hat, diamond rings, gold chains and a thin handlebar mustache, attorney Johnny Mostiler was for years the face of indigent defense at the Spalding County Courthouse in Griffin. Known as "Boss Hog," Mostiler drove a Cadillac convertible with cattle horns as hood ornaments and, over a decade, held the contract for Spalding's public defender work. On top of a civil practice, Mostiler carried more than 600 indigent criminal cases at a time. Mostiler died of a massive heart attack in 2000...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).