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December 4, 2010 in
Here is a list of the expert and other opinion witnesses the defense intends to present in the hearing, beginning Monday, on the constitutionality under the Eighth Amendment of Texas’s death penalty procedure:
State v. Green Hearing Expert Testimony
Gerry Goldstein (who says that the criminal defense lawyer in a death penalty case has to be like a cockroach—”all over the government’s shit”) and Barry Scheck will be presenting Wednesday’s and Thursday’s testimony (respectively? I don’t know).
Here are précis of the witnesses’ qualifications, as well as their billing rates and amounts of time they’ve spent on the case:
State v. Green Death Penalty Procedure Constitutionality Hearing Expert Bios
(I wonder if I can get the State Bar to approve CLE credit.)
Mark,
When, where… and is reserved seating available?
John,
Starting at 10am on Monday in the 177th. I don’t know about reserved seating; if you get there early, please save me a seat near an electrical outlet.
I’m pretty excited for this and shocked that the state didn’t find some way to stop it. In fact, I had figured that if they couldn’t do it otherwise, they might just drop death rather than let this evidentiary hearing happen.
I love the audacity of expert designation: ‘Subject: Fingerprint comparison as junk science’
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