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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Shortly after sending out a note that this week’s email edition wouldn’t run due to a lack of published cases I noted this at Prof. Doug’s blog.  Howard Bashman, always more reliable than the database services, noted thatFriday the Eleventh Circuit did in fact publish a death penalty opinion the database services just haven’t found it yet. The Eleventh Circuit in Lawrence Joseph Jefferson v.   Hall, No. 07-12502 (11th Cir 6/12/2009), reversed the district court’s grant of penalty phase relief. Most notable on appeal was trial counsel’s failure to investigate and present mitigation evidence.  Specifically, Mr. Jefferson’s head had been run over as a child.  As the dissent notes: The jury heard nothing else about the extent of his injuries and nothing about the devastating effect those injuries had on his life...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on June 14, 2009 (boomark / email).