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December 10, 2014

Georgia Executes Death Row Prisoner Who Had Drunken Lawyer, Disability Issues 
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Georgia has executed a death row prisoner after his last-minute appeal
was denied. Robert Wayne Holsey was convicted of murdering a police
officer in 1997. Defense lawyers had filed a challenge on the basis
Holsey's original attorney was drinking up to a quart of vodka a day
during his murder trial. They argued the lawyer failed to present
evidence that could have helped his client's case, including a
traumatizing childhood and an intellectual deficit that bordered on
disability.

 

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