Are some Ala. judges swayed by electoral pressures in capital cases? Apparently so, Sotomayor says
By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13
Justice Sonia Sotomayor today disagreed with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to deny cert in the case of an Alabama defendant who was sentenced to death by a judge despite a jury’s contrary recommendation. Judges in Alabama override jury recommendations to impose the death penalty at the rate of about…