Death Penalty

The Seventh Circuit vacated a man’s death sentence for the brutal crime of raping and burying alive a 16-year-old girl. Social security records unavailable at his trial show that three agency doctors all found him mentally retarded, and therefore ineligible for the death penalty.

CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit vacated a man’s death sentence for the brutal crime of raping and burying alive a 16-year-old girl. Social security records unavailable at his trial show that three agency doctors all found him mentally retarded, and therefore ineligible for the death penalty.

Categories / Appeals, Criminal

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