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A disappointing verdict

By cdw

One of the cases we’ve been following here, that of Rejon Taylor, has resulted in a  new federal death sentence. A Federal Court jury on Tuesday afternoon ruled the death penalty for 24-year-old Rejon Taylor in the 2003 shooting of Atlanta restaurant operator Guy Luck. Defense attorney Bill Ortwein said he is “100 percent sure that this decision will be overturned.” He said the decision to seek the death penalty was made “by Nazis in the Bush Justice Department” because the victim was white and the defendant black. He said, “The people can rejoice that come January, no matter who wins the election, those who believe in torture at the Justice Department will be gone.” Attorney Ortwein said, “There are many more heinous murder cases in this county...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on October 22, 2008 (boomark / email).