Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Sentencing Law and Policy

Criminal Law

: Sentencing Law and Policy

Potent dissent from Second Circuit's denial of en banc review of reversal of NYC federal death sentence

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this order, the Second Circuit today has rejected the government's request for en banc review of a split panel decision reversing a high-profile federal death sentence.  Background on this notable case can be found in this prior post, and also from the start of Judge Livingston's potent dissent fromt this en banc review denial: The facts in this case are as straightforward as they are heartbreaking. Ronell Wilson, a violent gang member who favored the nickname ?Rated R,? shot and killed two undercover police officers at point blank range, murdering the first without warning, and the second even as the young officer, a father of three, pleaded for his life.  Wilson did so because, in his own words, he ?don?t give a fuck about nobody...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 19, 2010 (boomark / email).