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Originally Posted by miked
Was it really worth millions and potential failure, and even if was a guilty verdict, the next 20 years of appeals, just to make sure he eventually died by lethal injection? Silly.
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Absolutely ... if we had a decent chance at finding 12 people with enough sense to be on a jury.
Hopefully this will be the impetus to amend existing state law requiring unanimous sentencing verdicts in capital cases to only require a 10-2 vote.