Only one juror needed to oppose the death penalty for Christopher Scott Emmett to have been given life without parole rather than the death penalty. Only one.
In Emmett's appeal pending in the U.S. Supreme Court and a clemency petition before Gov. Timothy M. Kaine two jurors now allegedly claim that if they had been given information about Emmett's childhood and other problems they would have opposed the death penalty.
In his plea to the U.S. Supreme Court Emmett's newest defense attorney reiterates complaints about Emmett's trial lawyer. Emmett alleges his trial lawyer failed to adequately defend him by fully informing the jury a full picture of his abusive, impoverished childhood and other problems.
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