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Osborne Sentence a Stain on Justice

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That's the title of an OpEd in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution by William Session, the former federal judge and Director of the FBI.  LINK One of the few areas of agreement between supporters and opponents of capital punishment is the deep-seated belief that accuracy is essential to the integrity of the process. Ensuring that those accused of capital crimes are represented in court by a robust and competent defense is the fundamental obligation of communities that seek fair and honest justice in their courts. The case of Curtis Osborne was never a simple one. When a Georgia jury convicted Osborne of two counts of murder in 1991 and sentenced him to death, it was in the shadow of claims that Johnny Mostiler, his court-appointed defense attorney, told another client that Osborne was "a little [racial epithet]" who "deserves to die...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 03, 2008 (boomark / email).