A California prisoner representing himself managed to convince nine different federal appeals court judges that the crime he was convicted of -- conspiracy to commit second-degree murder -- doesn't exist. Yet he sits behind bars today. "This conclusion is nothing short of bizarre," 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski wrote, dissenting from his court's refusal to hear the prisoner's case en banc.
January 27, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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A California prisoner representing himself managed to convince nine different federal appeals court judges that the crime he was convicted of — conspiracy to commit second-degree murder — doesn’t exist. Yet he sits behind bars today.
“This conclusion is nothing short of bizarre,” 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski wrote in a dissent published Tuesday.
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