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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that inmates do not have a right to raise defenses in federal court that were rejected in state courts, denying the appeals of two Arizona death-row inmates in the process.
The U.S. Supreme Court has put two people convicted of murder in Arizona back on death row. In a split opinion, the decision overturned rulings from federal appeals courts. The cases involve David Ramirez and Barry Lee Jones who were convicted of murders that occurred decades ago. Barry Lee Jones was convicted in the 1994 killing of Rachel Gray. In 1989, Ramirez, who was out
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Arizona in Shinn v. Ramirez. The state argued federal judges can't determine people's guilt for state crimes.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Monday in an Arizona case may have condemned an innocent man to die.
The court, 6-3, ruled that federal judges cannot hear new evidence from death row inmates arguing that their state-appointed lawyers did not provide constitutionally adequate defense.