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Kelly v. South Carolina, No. 00-9280 (U.S. Supreme Court) (534 U.S. 246; 122 S.Ct. 726) (January 9, 2002) (Justice Souter)

By a 5 to 4 vote, the Supreme Court overturned a death sentence imposed on the petitioner, William Kelly, because the trial court had violated his rights to due process by refusing to advise the jurors that, if they sentenced him to life in prison, there was no chance that ...

 

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