Kevin Kulik and Mitch Polay spent the last five days trying to pick a jury in the death penalty trial of accused Dunkin' Donuts killer James Herard, only to be stymied by the Florida Supreme Court. It's not often one death penalty proceeding interrupts another, but that's exactly what happened today, after the Supremes issuedthis Order this morning in the Robert Henry matter.
Henry's execution was set for March 20th on Valentine's Day, prompting his attorney Kulik to reprioritize his to do list. Paul Backman was forced to send the Herard jurors packing, but only after a lengthy discussion about whether or not Herard's wishes to sub his prior attorney John Cotrone as his penalty phase lawyer for Kulik would be allowed. In the end everyone but Herard agreed that was a bad idea indeed, so the whole thing will start over with a fresh juror panel after Henry's death warrant expires at the end of March. Herard, possibly sensing a strong appellate issue in a case fraught with problems for the defense, was visibly angry, stripping his tie off and throwing it down as soon as Backman's ruling was final.
And now all thoughts to Kevin, who has the weight of the world in his hands ...
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Henry's execution was set for March 20th on Valentine's Day, prompting his attorney Kulik to reprioritize his to do list. Paul Backman was forced to send the Herard jurors packing, but only after a lengthy discussion about whether or not Herard's wishes to sub his prior attorney John Cotrone as his penalty phase lawyer for Kulik would be allowed. In the end everyone but Herard agreed that was a bad idea indeed, so the whole thing will start over with a fresh juror panel after Henry's death warrant expires at the end of March. Herard, possibly sensing a strong appellate issue in a case fraught with problems for the defense, was visibly angry, stripping his tie off and throwing it down as soon as Backman's ruling was final.
And now all thoughts to Kevin, who has the weight of the world in his hands ...
Coming Soon - Reversible error?: Uncertified interpreters, the 17th Circuit, and you ...