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Court Overturns Death Penalty For 34-Year Death Row
Inmate

post from ThinkProgress on 30 October 2012 03:30:02 PM. © ThinkProgress

California’s longest serving death row inmate will no longer be slated for execution, if a Monday ruling by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals stands. According to the Los Angeles Times, the appellate court ruled that Doug Stankewitz, convicted of murder in 1978, was improperly represented by his lawyers during the sentencing phase of [...]

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