Sentence examples for biased testimony from inspiring English sources
Less than a week after the United States Supreme Court has vacated the death sentence of a Texas inmate because of racially biased testimony in his case, the state attorney general announced that six other convicted killers are likely to have their death sentences overturned for the same reason.
We see a state attorney general provide biased testimony.
The constitutionality of the death penalty itself is not on the table, but two related questions are: whether racially biased testimony constitutes inadequate defense and merits an appeal, and to what degree lower courts can decide how to determine mental capacity.
Duane Buck, who murdered two people in Houston in 1995, has been trying to challenge his sentence as racially biased, but state and federal judges have repeatedly refused to give him a hearing because it was his lawyer, not the prosecutor, who first introduced the biased testimony.
The Goldstone report, as it has become known, has been decried by the Israeli government, which considers it reliant on biased testimony.
Mr. Pope, who says the court is biased, continued his testimony.
[ image: /photos/590954ea019dfc3494e9ea73] To know: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay of execution for Duane Edward Buck, a man convicted of murder whose sentencing may have been influenced by racially-biased testimony.
By David Holmes September 16, 2011 [ image: /photos/590954ea019dfc3494e9ea73] To know: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay of execution for Duane Edward Buck, a man convicted of murder whose sentencing may have been influenced by racially-biased testimony.
To know: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay of execution for Duane Edward Buck, a man convicted of murder whose sentencing may have been influenced by racially-biased testimony.
Mr. McCain said Mr. Gates's testimony was "clearly biased" because of his not-if-but-when comments.
As the case proceeds, the key issues are likely to include whether other accusers can testify; whether Cosby is unfairly biased by the 12-year delay; and whether his testimony in the civil case can be used against him.
