The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to reinstate the death penalty for Arizona death row inmate Danny Lee Jones in the case Thornell v. Jones, No. 22-882. The decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito, overturned a 9th Circuit ruling that had found Jones received ineffective assistance of counsel during his sentencing for the 1992 murders of a man, his 7-year-old daughter, and her grandmother. All three liberal justices dissented, arguing against the majority's stance on the ineffective counsel claim. This ruling ends Jones's efforts to seek resentencing based on additional mitigating evidence regarding his psychological problems and childhood abuse.
An Arizona man will spend decades in jail after he was found guilty of "the severe physical abuse of his three children that ultimately led to the death of one child," the Maricopa County Attorney's Office said. https://t.co/hNWfyvAJMF
SCOTUS overturns 9th Circuit, reinstates two consecutive (yes) death sentences in 1992 murder in Bullhead City. https://t.co/1dkGqgKReo
U.S. Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Arizona killer https://t.co/TuX38w129t
The #SupremeCourt voted 6-3 to overturn a lower court ruling that found that an Arizona #DeathRow inmate had received ineffective assistance of counsel during the sentencing process. https://t.co/Da2kLfq6u1
Divided Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence for Arizona Murders https://t.co/etzoVHNHsf
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday against an Arizona death row inmate’s quest to change the sentence that he received by presenting additional mitigating evidence about his psychological problems and childhood abuse. https://t.co/MApJPVfrwV #SCOTUS
Three decades after an Arizona man fatally bludgeoned a friend, a young girl and a grandmother, the U.S. Supreme Court ended his efforts to escape execution, finding that an incomplete illustration of the man's damaging experiences doesn't merit leniency. https://t.co/paoA5JYLm1 https://t.co/62hvT3TFy3
The US Supreme Court tossed out a lower court’s decision to order a new hearing for an Arizona prisoner on death row. https://t.co/cngBTiGdni
The last out is 22-982 Thornell v. Jones (05/30/2024) (https://t.co/PQ8DmyJXwJ) It's an ineffective counsel death penalty habeas out of the 9th that the Supremes already vacated once. It splits along ideological lines 6-3. Death Penalty judgment stands @CaseyMattox_ bats .333
The Supreme Court's third AND FINAL decision of the day is Thornell v. Jones. In a 6–3 opinion, Alito holds that the 9th Circuit was wrong to find that a man condemned to death suffered ineffective assistance of council. All three liberals dissent. https://t.co/izxTgC5hjr https://t.co/IdnwEityjD
SUPREME COURT: Thornell v. Jone, Alito for the Court. 6-3, liberals all in dissent rejecting an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim in a death penalty case. (Last decision today.) https://t.co/plO9sufpwS
#BREAKING: A 6-3 Supreme Court rules Arizona death row inmate Danny Lee Jones is not entitled to resentencing related to the 1992 killings of a man, his 7-year-old daughter and her grandmother. Liberals dissent. (Thornell v. Jones, No. 22-882) #SCOTUS https://t.co/nxrW93gPAs