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Sentenced to Death for Massachusetts Murder and Carjacking, Gary Lee Sampson Wants a New Trial

By Altman & Altman

The Massachusetts criminal defense team for Gary Lee Sampson is scheduled to appear in court on Monday to argue that their client should get a new trial. Sampson, who a federal judge sentenced to death in 2003 for the murder of three people, contends that his constitutional rights were violated because his trial lawyers at the time were ineffective. Sampson?s new defense team is accusing his old one of failing to fully depict to the jury the entire extent of Sampson?s traumatic brain injuries and mental illness. They believe that the evidence might have caused the jury to recommend a less harsh sentence for Sampson. If executed, Sampson would be the first person in 63 years to be put to death for a Massachusetts crime. Sampson fatally stabbed 69-year-old Philip McCloskey 24 times on July 24, 2001 after the latter had picked up the hitchhiker in Weymouth...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on August 29, 2010 (boomark / email).