Wednesday, March 14, 2012

High court to review death sentence for Ala. man

The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider throwing out the death sentence for a mentally impaired Alabama man who killed his former lover.

Holly Wood was convicted in the shooting death of his former girlfriend, Ruby Lois Gosha, in 1993. She was killed by a shotgun blast to her head as she slept in her home in Troy, Ala.

A federal judge tossed out the death sentence on the basis of the poor performance of Wood's lawyer in the sentencing phase of his trial. The lawyer, …

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