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Executed Today (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... the jury room this way: A clutch of jurors huddled in the corner with one reading aloud from the Book of Numbers: “The murderer shall surely be put to death” and “The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer.” Another juror highlighted passages which she showed to a fellow juror: “And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, the murderer shall surely be put to death.” (Apparently one...
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Legal Writing Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
That intriguing title graces the cover of a new book about North Carolina attorney Ken Rose. The new book chronicles Rose’s decade-long defense of Bo Jones, a North Carolina farmhand convicted of a 1987 murder. It’s the most frustrating case...
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CrimProf Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Ken Rose has handled more capital appeals cases than almost any other attorney in the United States. The Last Lawyer chronicles Rose's decade-long defense of Bo Jones, a North Carolina farmhand convicted of a 1987 murder. Rose called this his most frustrating case in twenty-five years, and it was one that received scant attention from judges or journalists. The Jones case bares the thorniest...
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
... to the scene, Solomons said.It was unclear how the teen died.The death appears to be natural, said Bo Jones, Deputy Fire Chief, Emergency Services, though he stressed that the investigation was preliminary.He said the boy had some "significant" medical conditions. He said he could not be more specific."He had some preexisting conditions and appears to have passed away in his sleep."Check...
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
... to the scene, Solomons said.It was unclear how the teen died.The death appears to be natural, said Bo Jones, Deputy Fire Chief, Emergency Services, though he stressed that the investigation was preliminary.He said the boy had some "significant" medical conditions. He said he could not be more specific."He had some preexisting conditions and appears to have passed away in his sleep."Check...