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Post by rayozz on Apr 2, 2009 2:55:24 GMT -6
I believe that if a DP prisoner gets a new trial on appeal, found guilty again, then his/her appeals start over again.
What happens to those that get their 'punishment phase' retried?
Rayozz
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Post by eu.ro on Apr 2, 2009 3:51:20 GMT -6
I believe that if a DP prisoner gets a new trial on appeal, found guilty again, then his/her appeals start over again. What happens to those that get their 'punishment phase' retried? Rayozz Good question!
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Post by RED on Apr 2, 2009 5:51:07 GMT -6
They also get to appeal their sentence. Were mitigating factors properly considered? Where there any prejudicial statements in the trial by counsel? Was there ineffective assitance of counsel? Where there any prejudicial statements by any of the witnesses? Were the jury instructions prejudicial? There are many areas that a convicted defendant can attack from his sentencing phase. Love, RED I believe that if a DP prisoner gets a new trial on appeal, found guilty again, then his/her appeals start over again. What happens to those that get their 'punishment phase' retried? Rayozz
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Post by ichy on Apr 2, 2009 17:44:00 GMT -6
I believe that if a DP prisoner gets a new trial on appeal, found guilty again, then his/her appeals start over again. What happens to those that get their 'punishment phase' retried? Rayozz The appeals start all over again. It happened to most of Maryland's death row inmates after the Supreme Court's decisions in Booth v. Maryland and Mills v. Maryland. No inmates were freed as a result of those decisions, however nearly every death sentence in the state was overturned.
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Post by Potassium_Pixie on Apr 4, 2009 18:40:59 GMT -6
I think that the appeals process takes to damn long and that it should be shorter so that punishment can come swiftly and that justice is served and the victim's family is seen as vengence for their murdered family.
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