Prosecutors Seek to Reverse Court Ruling

AP ^ | 7/16/5

[SmithL]

Brighton, Colo. -- Prosecutors have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case in which a convicted murderer's death sentence was overturned because jurors went beyond the evidence and consulted a Bible during deliberations.

Robert Harlan, who was convicted in the 1994 killing of cocktail waitress Rhonda Maloney, is serving a life sentence since the Colorado Supreme Court in March agreed with a lower court's ruling that the jury's action was improper.

Adams County prosecutors hope to reverse the state court's ruling.

"I agree with the jury that he deserves the death sentence,"

[SmithL]

Gee, a State Supreme Court that likes murderers and hates the Bible. We certainly need a SCOTUS that has a better understanding of the US Constitution than the one we have now.

[sfimom]

Why does this not surprise me?

[digger48]

this is misleading, naturally.

IIRC, without reading entire thing, they had already convicted on the "evidence" and merely consulted the Bible when determining the sentence. "Eye for an Eye" thing.