Burglar Sues His Victim For Distress: A Florida inmate serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession has filed suit against his victim, reports
the AP. Michael Dupree broke into the van of Anthony McKoy and stole a
bicycle. McKoy managed to catch Dupree and retrieve his property.
Dupree is now seeking $500,000 for, among other things, "distress" he
suffered during the struggle.
SoCal Man Sentenced to Death For Teen's Brutal Murder: The AP reports that Roman Aldana was sentenced to death today for killing 16-year-old Kayla Wood. Back in 2006, Aldana and two 15-year-old boys assaulted Wood with bottles, stabbed her more than 130 times, lit her hair on fire, and ultimately left her in a bathtub in a burning duplex. The two boys have already been sentenced, one receiving 29 years to life and the other receiving a term of 23 years.
9th Circuit Overturns Rape Conviction: In an unpublished three page order announced last week a panel of the 9th Circuit overturned the 2004 rape conviction of habitual criminal Steven Frank Jackson, citing racial bias in the jury selection. Sacramento Bee writer Denny Walsh reports that Jackson got his third strike for the brutal 2002 multiple rape of a 72-year-old woman. Jackson's guilt was confirmed by his DNA and the victim's testimony. Jackson, who is black, was convicted by a jury which had one black member after two other blacks were challenged by the Sacramento DA. Jackson's claim of racial bias was rejected by the state court of appeals and a federal district judge before the 9th Circuit panel accepted it. A request for reconsideration en banc is likely. SCOTUS has already agreed to reconsider four 9th Circuit rulings in criminal cases this fall.
SoCal Man Sentenced to Death For Teen's Brutal Murder: The AP reports that Roman Aldana was sentenced to death today for killing 16-year-old Kayla Wood. Back in 2006, Aldana and two 15-year-old boys assaulted Wood with bottles, stabbed her more than 130 times, lit her hair on fire, and ultimately left her in a bathtub in a burning duplex. The two boys have already been sentenced, one receiving 29 years to life and the other receiving a term of 23 years.
9th Circuit Overturns Rape Conviction: In an unpublished three page order announced last week a panel of the 9th Circuit overturned the 2004 rape conviction of habitual criminal Steven Frank Jackson, citing racial bias in the jury selection. Sacramento Bee writer Denny Walsh reports that Jackson got his third strike for the brutal 2002 multiple rape of a 72-year-old woman. Jackson's guilt was confirmed by his DNA and the victim's testimony. Jackson, who is black, was convicted by a jury which had one black member after two other blacks were challenged by the Sacramento DA. Jackson's claim of racial bias was rejected by the state court of appeals and a federal district judge before the 9th Circuit panel accepted it. A request for reconsideration en banc is likely. SCOTUS has already agreed to reconsider four 9th Circuit rulings in criminal cases this fall.
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