Death sentence of California's longest-serving death row inmate overturned

 
By Maura Dolan | Published: October 30, 2012   

A federal appeals court Monday overturned the death sentence of California's longest-serving death row inmate on the grounds that his defense lawyer failed to investigate and present mitigating evidence during the penalty phase of his murder trial.

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A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided 2-1 that Douglas R. Stankewitz, convicted of murdering Theresa Greybeal in Fresno in 1978, should be re-sentenced to life...
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