LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a death row inmate's murder conviction and said he deserves a new trial because one juror slept and another tweeted during court proceedings.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Southern Sweep: Arkansas Trial Tweets
"Death row inmate gets new trial because of tweet" by By Jeannie Nuss, Associated Press / December 8, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a death row inmate's murder conviction and said he deserves a new trial because one juror slept and another tweeted during court proceedings.
Erickson Dimas-Martinez's attorneys had appealed his 2010 murder conviction because a juror sent tweets despite the judge's instruction not to post on the Internet or communicate with anyone about the case. The lawyers also complained that another juror slept....
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a death row inmate's murder conviction and said he deserves a new trial because one juror slept and another tweeted during court proceedings.
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