The state of Arizona has for two decades ignored a previous Supreme Court ruling that aimed to ensure defendants would be sentenced fairly.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a rare rebuke of Arizona's criminal justice system as the majority ruled in favor of a death row inmate who has called for a resentencing, saying the state ignored legal precedents during his trial.
Instead, the prosecutors falsely told the jury that Cruz would be able to walk free unless he was sentenced to death., at least one juror said after the trial that if she had been informed that Cruz would be sentenced to life in prison without parole, she "would have voted for that option." Wednesday's ruling could overturn the death row sentences of roughly 30 inmates in Arizona, including Cruz, who may be granted new penalty phases of their trials.of the University of Texas noted that post-conviction relief for an inmate is "rare" at the high court.
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