The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Banks v. Dretke on Monday, December 8 , 2003 . The Court will review the lower court’s denial of relief despite evidence that Banks was poorly represented at his 1980 trial, that prosecutors withheld key information, and that testimony from two prosecution witnesses was unreliable. For more information about this case, please see DPIC’s Banks v. Dretke page .
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