And to reply to artboy up there - Judge Yohn said he didn't have the jurisdiction to overturn the conviction, but since it's no longer a death penalty case (which was his main argument, as I understood it), wouldn't he, or a similar judge have the jurisdiction now?
I'll be surprised if this doesn't somehow end up in a new trial. Thank god Tom Ridge is out of Pennsylvania...
I dunno, perhaps. I wasn't expressing an opinion, just trying to clarify why the reporter might have used those terms. I haven't found any info on why the judge dismissed the other appeals, only that he had. Where are you looking?
I don't know that I really have an opinion on his guilt, or innocence, I've never been able to find any information that discusses the issue objectively, and there are compelling arguments, on both sides. I think it's pretty clear that he wasn't well represented, at trial. But, whether that was negligent enough to warrant a new trial, I don't know.
At least the death sentence was overturned, and for that, I'm glad.
I have no idea whether or not he's guilty. But I've read enough to believe that he deserves a new trial.
Horrifying, either way, how our system can drag on for twenty years, while deciding whether or not to kill a man. But you're right. I'm glad he's off death row. Most definitely.
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And to reply to artboy up there - Judge Yohn said he didn't have the jurisdiction to overturn the conviction, but since it's no longer a death penalty case (which was his main argument, as I understood it), wouldn't he, or a similar judge have the jurisdiction now?
I'll be surprised if this doesn't somehow end up in a new trial. Thank god Tom Ridge is out of Pennsylvania...
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I don't know that I really have an opinion on his guilt, or innocence, I've never been able to find any information that discusses the issue objectively, and there are compelling arguments, on both sides. I think it's pretty clear that he wasn't well represented, at trial. But, whether that was negligent enough to warrant a new trial, I don't know.
At least the death sentence was overturned, and for that, I'm glad.
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Horrifying, either way, how our system can drag on for twenty years, while deciding whether or not to kill a man. But you're right. I'm glad he's off death row. Most definitely.