Clarence Thomas laments "unfortunate" Supreme Court decision
The justices said the Eleventh Circuit wrongly weighed DNA evidence found years later when assessing whether false informant testimony prejudiced the jury.
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MAGA Justice Clarence Thomas Lashes Out in Fiery Dissent After Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Inmate
Justice Clarence Thomas issued a sharply worded dissent Monday after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Florida death row inmate, openly criticizing his colleagues for intervening in a case he said never should have reached the nation’s highest court. The Court’s majority sided with death row inmate Gary Whitton, finding that his appeal had been improperly dismissed after lower courts relied on evidence that the jury that convicted him never …
Justice Thomas Faults The Court's Inconsistent Approach to Summary Reversals
Today the Supreme Court summarily reversed an Eleventh Circuit capital case, Whitton v. Dixon. Justice Thomas dissented, joined for the most part by Justice Alito. The Eleventh Circuit issued a 60-page decision, but the Court found objectionable two sentences. As Justice Thomas points out in his dissent, the Eleventh Circuit can simply strip out those two sentences, and the outcome would remain unchanged. This seems to be the essence of harmless…
Thomas unloads on Court for helping convicted murderer but ignoring 'law-abiding citizens'
Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court's 7-2 decision to vacate a lower-court ruling in a Florida death row case, calling it an inconsequential foot fault.
Thomas unloads on Court for helping convicted murderer but ignoring ‘law-abiding citizens’ - The Political Signal
Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, accused the Supreme Court of focusing on the wrong cases after the justices vacated a lower-court ruling in a Florida murder case over what he described as an “inconsequential foot fault” that would have had “no effect on the outcome of the case.” Thomas argued that Gary Whitton’s bid for a new trial based on false testimony from a prosecution witness would not have changed the outcome bec…
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