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ID: Duncan pro se, Judy Clarke standby counsel in DP penalty phase

From the Idaho Statesman:Judge: Joseph Duncan to represent himself - His defense team will take over if Duncan cannot adequately defend himself at his death penalty hearing, Lodge saysA man who kidnapped two Idaho children and murdered one of them in 2005 is allowed to represent himself at his death penalty hearing, a federal judge decided Monday. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge made the ruling after repeatedly questioning Joseph Edward Duncan III about his wishes and asking him if he had any reservations about representing himself. "I'm not a perfect person, and I make mistakes sometimes," Duncan told the judge. "My only reservation is that I'm a human being..."

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on July 29, 2008 (boomark / email).