OK Jurors, he said he did it. Everyone understand?

Guy kills his ex-wife, is convicted, but it's thrown out on appeal.


Man admits to killing ex-wife even after court tosses his conviction

 

I don't see where it says the jurors ever misinterpreted this.

 

Due process, due schmrocess, amirite?

By the way, just to be clear, he confessed eight years ago. It was thrown out on appeal four years ago. He just pled guilty during the recent retrial. So it's not like he's a free man.

 

The judge didn't give information on the relevance of his mental condition, so he won the appeal. So now they get the information and he will most likely die in jail. That was what would have happened after the original trial.

 

Right. So your problem is with his right to due process.

 

I'm confused. The conviction was thrown out upon appeal and then he was tried again?

 

You can have a conviction thrown out with an instruction for a retrial as opposed to being declared innocent.

 

Thought the intent of an appeal was to correct a mistake and help someone who is innocent not get sent to prison. Guess it's no problem if someone who is guilty gets to walk away.

 

If the proper procedures weren't followed, he didn't get "due process."

 

They appealed because his mental condition was a cornerstone of their argument, and information about that mental condition was withheld from the jury.

This isn't hard.

 

OK, gotcha. That wasn't clear from the story.