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An Update on the Jaime Weis Case

By Steve Hall

"Attys urge top court to decide on Ga. capital case," is the title of an AP report filed earlier this morning, via the Macon Telegraph. Several leading Georgia attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against a Georgia man who has waited in jail for more than two years without an attorney.Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Norman Fletcher and two former chairmen of the state public defender system filed an amicus brief this month on behalf of Jamie Ryan Weis. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in March to allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Weis despite objections from advocates who claim his right to a speedy trial was violated. His attorney appealed to the high court in May...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).