Ramdass v. Angelone, No. 99-7000 (U.S. Supreme Court) (530 U.S. 156; 120 S.Ct. 2113) (June 12, 2000) (Justice Kennedy)
Loaded on May 1, 2000
published in Punch and Jurists
May 22, 2000
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In this case, by a 5 to 4 vote, the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence under Virginia’s “three strikes law” for a convicted murderer, who argued that he had the right to have his jurors informed that, because of his earlier criminal convictions, he would be ineligible for parole …
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