When Capital Punishment is a Game of Chance

The Takeaway | Jan 29, 2018

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This week's Case in Point from The Marshall Project examines the case of Renard Marcel Daniel.

Daniel was charged with a double murder in Alabama in 2001, he was convicted in 2003. Minutes after he was found guilty, the jurors sentenced him to death. 

Daniel appealed the conviction and is now under new legal representation. His new lawyers argue he received inadequate counsel during his original trial and that cognitive deficiencies preclude him from a death sentence.  

In May 2016, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals took the case, offering Daniel his best shot at life in prison rather than being put to death. Andrew Cohen, senior editor at The Marshall Project explains what drew him to the case. 

This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich

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