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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a man on Arizona's death row should be resentenced because jurors in his case were wrongly told the only way to ensure
Jurors in John Montenegro Cruz's case were wrongly told the only way to ensure he’d never be freed was to sentence him to death.
A death row inmate will be resentenced following a decision by the Supreme Court. The jurors were wrongly informed that he may be able to walk free if not for the death penalty.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a man on Arizona's death row should be resentenced because jurors in his case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence him to death.The 5-4 decision, in an opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, said John Montenegro Cruz should get a new penalty phase of his trial where it is made clear to
The court ruled that an inmate on Arizona's death row should be resentenced due to incorrect information given to a jury.