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Woods was found guilty of capital murder by a 10-2 verdict, and the jury also called for the death sentence by a similar 10-2 decision. Oregon and Alabama are the only states that permit a non-unanimous verdict.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on a separate case, to determine if execution as a result of a non-unanimous verdict, is unconstitutional.
Didn't know that about those two states these guys picked the wrong states to commit murder in. Texas seems to execute lot of people.
In this case I agree with the jury both were involved in selling drugs Woods had a chance to come out of the apartment he knew the other guy was armed with the SKS rifle when the police showed him the warrant he decided to run back in.
That seems to be smoke and mirrors. He was tried and convicted before a jury of his peers and sentenced to death. I'd imagine that his case was then appealed to the Alabama Court of Appeals before the State Supreme Court, so the fact that a brief wasn't filed at the State Supreme Court is meaningless unless new issues would have been raised in this brief (which is rare and generally disallowed). Without reviewing the record, I'd wager that the Alabama Supreme Court reasoned that the brief would not have added anything different to the record and that it had everything it needed to decide the case. So I say there was more than adequate state and federal review, and think that federal review should be limited in any case.
As for not actually committing the murders (which the state has long acknowledged), who cares? That's not the standard for capital punishment in Alabama and most other states with the death penalty. He played an active role (as determined by his peers and affirmed on appeal) in setting up the ambush that led to the officers' deaths.
And MLK III speaking on Woods' behalf isn't something moves me one way or the other, and the same goes for anyone who is categorically against the death penalty.
In other words, As for caring about the truth, who cares? I get it, you don't like that person. I don't blame you. He deserves life but not the death penalty.
In other words, As for caring about the truth, who cares? I get it, you don't like that person. I don't blame you. He deserves life but not the death penalty.
On the contrary, its those who are attempting to make a legal issue out of the fact that Woods was found guilty and sentenced to death despite not pulling the trigger (ignoring the fact that Alabama law explicitly authorizes such an outcome) who don't care about the truth or the law.
He deserved the punishment handed down by his peers, which was death in this case.
Last edited by prospectheightsresident; 03-06-2020 at 05:24 AM..
Woods' arguments were heard and considered by the appeals court (to include the State Supreme Court). They were analyzed and they were dismissed.
I firmly believe that the world is a better place without Woods living in it.
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