Entries tagged with “Samuel Randolph”
Policy Issues
Representation
,Jul 28, 2021
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Grant of New Trial for Pennsylvania Death-Row Prisoner Denied Counsel of His Choice
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision granting a new trial to a Pennsylvania death-row prisoner whose retained lawyer was prevented from representing him at…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Representation
,May 29, 2020
Federal Court Grants New Trial to Pennsylvania Death-Row Prisoner Denied Representation by Counsel of Choice
A federal district court has granted a new trial to Pennsylvania death-row prisoner Samuel Randolph (pictured), holding that the trial court unconstitutionally denied Randolph the right to be represented by counsel of choice, forcing him to go to trial with an unprepared court-appointed lawyer with whom he had an “absolute[,] complete breakdown of…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Representation
,Apr 12, 2022
Samuel Randolph Exonerated from Pennsylvania Death Row as Prosecutors Withdraw Charges at Retrial
A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania trial court has granted the application of the Dauphin County District Attorney’s office to withdraw all charges against Samuel Randolph, IV, completing his exoneration of a double murder that sent him to Pennsylvania’s death row in…