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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

from this edition’s intro: Leading off this week is the Kentucky Supreme Court’s decisions in Michael Dale St. Clair v. Commonwealth. Kentucky’s highest court previously vacated Mr. St. Clair’s  sentence, however, on retrial he was again sentenced to death. The majority holds that  “the trial court failed to comply with this Court’s directive to follow the statutory language in instructing the jury on the applicable aggravator required to support a death sentence. The trial court instead fashioned an erroneous jury instruction that deprived St. Clair of his right to a unanimous verdict. ” In the news, a California Senate committee has unanimously referred out Senate Bill 1018 which would require a one drug lethal injection process...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on April 26, 2010 (boomark / email).