The U.S. Supreme Court has forwarded letters in a Pennsylvania death-row case, in which the defendant claimed “federal defenders” were attempting to get involved in his case against his wishes, to the Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania.
In an order issued Monday, the court directed that the letters from death row inmate Michael Ballard, along with letters from Marc Bookman, the director of the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, and Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli, whose office prosecuted Ballard, be sent to the board “for any investigation or action it finds appropriate.”
