Entries tagged with “Mark Rogers”
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Mar 03, 2022
Federal Court Grants New Trial to Nevada Death-Row Prisoner, Blasts State for Providing Inexperienced, Inadequately Resourced Defense Counsel
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a Nevada district court’s grant of a new trial to death-row prisoner Mark Rogers, blasting the state for providing him with inexperienced counsel who lacked the knowledge and resources to competently defend a capital trial. In a 2 – 1 decision issued on February 14, 2022, the appeals panel upheld a September 23, 2019 ruling by District Court Judge Gloria M. Navarro holding that the public defender assigned to represent Rogers…