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Hurst v. Florida, No. 14-7505 (U.S. Supreme Court) (577 U.S. ___; 136 S.Ct. 616) (January 12, 2016) (Justice Sotomayor)

Loaded on Dec. 26, 2016 published in Punch and Jurists January 25, 2016
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The facts and sole issue before the Court in this capital punishment case were simple. A Florida jury convicted Timothy Lee Hurst of murdering his co-worker, Cynthia Harrison, in a Popeye’s fried chicken restaurant in 1998. A penalty-phase jury recommended that Hurst’s judge impose a death sentence. Notwithstanding that recommendation, ...

 

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