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Missouri Supreme Court reverses death sentence

The failure of a criminal defendant's attorney to impeach three witnesses to a fatal stabbing about how their trial testimony contradicted earlier statements to police prejudiced the defendant, who had been sentenced to death for the crime. On Tuesday, a unanimous Missouri Supreme Court reversed the capital conviction of Gary Black and remanded the case ...

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