Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Supreme Court orders new trial for death-row inmate because of prosecution failure to disclose evidence

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a summary disposition that a death-row inmate’s due-process rights were violated when the prosecution failed to turn over material evidence.  You can read the opinion here (scroll down to page 33 of the document).  The ABA Journal.com has more here.

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