U.S. Supreme Court rules for Alabama killer who forgot the crime

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a lower court ruling that had allowed the death penalty for an Alabama man who was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985 but in recent years has suffered strokes and dementia that wiped out his memories of the crime.



from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2ITGGo3

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