Posted on 07/10/2015 4:59:30 PM PDT by boycott
Carlos Edward Kennedy, who was sentenced to death for raping and then beating a 69-year-old grandmother to death with a claw hammer in June 2010, has new life.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the sentence of former Mobile County Circuit Court Judge Joseph "Rusty" Johnston on Friday, stating that he overstepped his judicial authority.
"Accordingly, the totality of the circumstances in this case indicates that Kennedy knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his right to counsel and that the circuit court abused its discretion when it revoked Kennedy's right of self-representation and appointed counsel to him," the ruling states.
Two years ago, Johnston sentenced Kennedy to death by lethal injection for the crime, stating that it was "unimaginable that a human being could have committed such an atrocity."
Testimony and pictures from Zoa White's bloody house and the autopsy table indicated that her head had been bashed with the claw end of a hammer. Her pajama shorts had been yanked off and her top pulled above her breasts.
Police found blood with DNA matching Kennedy, along with a palm print and a fingerprint. Investigators also found seminal fluid during an autopsy of White, although it lacked sperm and, therefore, did not contain DNA.
White had a successful real estate career before becoming active in politics. She volunteered on the gubernatorial campaign of Bob Riley and later joined his administration at the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
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Another Kennedy get’s off scot free.
If one of my relatives was the victim, I wouldn’t give the thug a long life expectancy.
I wonder how much longer our legal system thinks citizens are going to put up with this BS. Enough is enough.
This piece of sh## lived 5 years more than he should have.
And zippy the a## clown is going to a federal prison to announce a kinder gentler more understanding criminal justice system.
Mobile is now on the failed list too. The list is endless.
Mobile is now on the failed list too. The list is endless.
Mobile is becoming a mini Memphis. Memphis is becoming a smaller Detroit. Detroit is becoming another Haiti.
Thanks boycott.
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