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Justice Quizzed on Death Penalty

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an article in today's Jackson Clarion Ledger of Mississippi, covering a U.S. Senate hearing.  It's written by Katherine Reynolds Lewis.  LINK Mississippi Justice James Graves Jr. clarified his position on the death penalty Wednesday during a Senate hearing on his nomination for a federal judgeship. Responding to a question from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Graves explained that he joined a dissenting opinion in a capital murder case for reasons related only to claims by the defendant, Anthony Doss, that his attorneys had been ineffective and that he was mentally retarded. "I take responsibility for joining that opinion, but I have not now nor have I ever subscribed to any point of view that the death penalty was unconstitutional," Graves told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee...continue to full post

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