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The Kentucky Case of Gregory Wilson

By Steve Hall

Today's Louisville Courier-Journal carries a lengthy examination of his case, "Kentucky death-row inmate's trial littered with problems."  It's reported by Andrew Wolfson.   Here's the beginning of this must-read:The judge posted his plea on the courtroom door: ?PLEASE HELP. DESPERATE. THIS CASE CANNOT BE CONTINUED AGAIN.?After more than a year of begging for lawyers to defend Gregory Wilson's capital-murder case for the maximum state fee of $2,500, Chief Kenton Circuit Judge Raymond Lape Jr. finally found two takers in May 1988.But one of them, John Foote of Florence, had never tried a felony, let alone a murder case. And the other was William Hagedorn of Newport, a ?semi-retired? lawyer who volunteered to serve as lead counsel for free, though he had no office, no staff, no copy machine and no law books...continue to full post

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