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U.S. v. Curtis
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 18841-1-DVD - U.S. v. Curtis - The U.S. Court of Military Appeals heard arguments in the case U.S. v. Curtis, a case involving the death penalty sentence in military courts. In the case, a Marine was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death by a military court. The appellant is basing his appeal on a number of grounds, including the dismissal of a black member of the jury, deprivation of due process, and cruel and unusual punishment in the sentence. The appellant's attorney presented the case as being a case of revenge against years of racial taunting and discrimination. Mr. Holt is an attorney for Ronnie Curtis. Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information, see http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18841-1
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U.S. Court of Appeals
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uscourts.gov;public.resource.org
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