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...landmark decision. The high court concluded that the jury in Penry's original 1980 conviction had not been asked to consider his mental capabilities when deciding on punishment. The court sent the case back to Texas, where Penry was once again convicted and sentenced to death. His lawyers contend that in the second trial, jury members did not get clear instructions to evaluate his mental maturity...
...that Penry, who had been on parole less than three months for a rape conviction when he killed Carpenter, confessed to the crime and said, "I told her that I...hated to kill her, but I had to so she wouldn't squeal on me." A clear indication, they contend, that he discerned the gravity of his act. The stay left Carpenter's family despondent. "This is not the way the justice system should be set up," said the victim's brother Mark Moseley, a former placekicker for the Washington Redskins...
...anything," Goodman said, "we now appreciate what kind of job these people in Florida have to contend with...
...others contend that the electoral system actually does not protect states' rights...
Returning all five of its starters from last season, Columbia (13-14, 7-7) seeks to contend for its first Ivy League title since...