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: Capital Defense Weekly

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

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This week?s email edition is out. From the intro. Leading off this edition is the stay issued by the United States Supreme Court in Paul Powell v. Kelly. The case involves application of the Double Jeopardy Clause to findings of aggravating circumstances in a capital case. News accounts note: Powell is claiming to be the victim of double jeopardy. In his first trial, he was sentenced to death, but that sentence was overturned on appeal, and the Virginia Supreme Court ordered him to be retried on a first-degree murder charge. However, prosecutors tried him again for capital murder after he wrote a taunting letter in which he admitted to the crime. The opinion below is here. The case law news of the week is otherwise brief. The Florida Supreme Court in Leonardo Franqui v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on July 20, 2009 (boomark / email).