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Judges Rip Texas Courts in Death Penalty Case

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That's the title of an Texas AP report by Mike Graczyk on the case of Michael Wayne Hall.  LINK  The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion is here.A federal appeals court is ordering a hearing for a man condemned for abducting, torturing and killing a woman in suburban Dallas and is critical of Texas courts for refusing to hold such a hearing to consider evidence the convicted killer may be mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blistered the trial court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for relying on written arguments rather than hold an open evidentiary hearing in the case of Michael Wayne Hall, sentenced to die for killing Amy Robinson in 1998...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).