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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that inmates do not have a right to raise defenses in federal court that were rejected in state courts, denying the appeals of two Arizona death-row inmates in the process.
The U.S. Supreme Court has put two people convicted of murder in Arizona back on death row. In a split opinion, the decision overturned rulings from federal appeals courts. The cases involve David Ramirez and Barry Lee Jones who were convicted of murders that occurred decades ago. Barry Lee Jones was convicted in the 1994 killing of Rachel Gray. In 1989, Ramirez, who was out
The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with the question of whether two Arizona death-row inmates can pursue new claims in federal court, or whether federal law prohibits hearings into those claims.
The Supreme Court said it will consider whether two Arizona death-row inmates should get new hearings on claims that attorneys who represented them decades ago failed to present evidence that could have spared them.