Federal law requires defense teams in capital murder cases to have at least one mitigation specialist. (businessinsider.com)
Following the SCOTUS opinion in January, Alabama Circuit Court Judge Tracie Todd struck down the state's death penalty as a possible sentence in four upcoming capital murder cases. (cochranfirmdothan.com)
Simon, a professor of law and psychology at the University of Southern California, says that the false conviction rate, based on exoneration data from capital murder cases, is estimated to be near 5 percent, although that figure represents only a fraction of those wrongly imprisoned. (scientificamerican.com)