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Dorsey Partner Steve Wells Discusses Judge Vacating Federal Death Sentence

June 20, 2019
Updated July 14, 2019
  • Washington Post: Judge vacates federal death sentence in 1994 Texas case
  • Dallas News: Mentally disabled killer gets off death row 25 years after Arlington teen was raped, buried alive 
  • Star Tribune: Minneapolis firm scores legal first: judge overturns death sentence for man with 'intellectual disability'
  • Associated Press: Judge vacates federal death sentence in 1994 Texas case
  • Minnesota Lawyer: Death penalty vacated in landmark ruling
  • Legal News: Documentary evidence convinced en banc panel that inmate is intellectually disabled
  • Washington Times: Man ruled ineligible for execution after mental disability diagnosis

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