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Old 10-08-2012, 04:06 PM   #90
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Originally Posted by valo403 View Post
My mistake there, I misread. Regardless, I'm not sure what you have read, but the grounds for an appeal are incredibly limited. Appeals can only be brought for errors in the application of the law, you can't argue facts.
It seems like what they find to be errors in the law are very broad for many of the death penalty (and other cases).

I have read about cases where the error certainly wasn't agreed on by all parties involved or observers so not sure that they can be labeled as fact.
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