The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated whether states can make it harder for capital defendants to present to juries evidence that blames others for committing a crime. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia seemed concerned that states should retain power to keep defendants from confusing juries by raising the idea that someone else committed the crime or that police conduct allowed the real assailant to avoid prosecution. "I frankly think the Court is playing with fire," Scalia said.
February 23, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated whether states can make it difficult for capital defendants to present to juries evidence that blames others for committing a crime.
The case involves Bobby Lee Holmes, who was convicted in South Carolina in the 1989 beating, rape and robbery of Mary Stewart, 86, who later died of her injuries.
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