John Thompson Case Study

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John Thompson spend 14 years on death row a prosecutor delibrely withhold evidence witch proof his innocence. Should the district attorney, was responsible estimated the damages at one million per years. Five Justices of the Supreme Court had a different opinion. John Thompson was was accused and charged with murder of a New Orleans hotel executive attention around the case caused in Thompson being accused of an arm robbery that developed after the homicide to elevate the opportunity of obtaining a guilty verdict in the homicide case. The New Orleans parish district attorneys office tied Thompson of armed robbery and guarantees a conviction. During the subsequent homicide tired the defendant the defendant denies to testify because he didn’t

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