Sonia Sotomayor: Procedure over innocence?
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2009
Today’s Hindu carries an opinion piece about one Jeffrey Destovic, and his memories of Obama-nominated Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Imprisoned at the age of 16 for the killing of a high school classmate, Deskovic, now 35, filed a habeas corpus petition in 1997 in U.S. District Court contesting his conviction. The court denied the request because [...]