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: StandDown Texas Project

Death Penalty Trials and Judges

By Steve Hall

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"Stark's rulebook is used as a model in training judges," is the title of a report by Shane Hoover in today's Canton Repository in Ohio.When a capital murder case goes to trial, the same old questions pop up: Why does the trial take so long? Why so many appeals? Will the sentence ever be carried out? The recent trial of James Mammone III, who was sentenced to death last month, prompted similar comments. The short answer to those questions: The rulebook is different when a defendant?s life is in the balance. ?You have to be so careful in a capital case ... everything you do in a regular case you do 100 times more in a capital case,? Stark County Common Pleas Judge Lee Sinclair said. But a different rulebook can be an unfamiliar one, not just for the public, but also for judges...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 08, 2010 (boomark / email).

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