State asks Supreme Court to reject new trial for Arizona death row inmate

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State asks Supreme Court to reject new trial for Arizona death row inmate

April 17, 2024State asks Supreme Court to reject new trial for Arizona death row inmateWASHINGTON - State officials told the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday that a lower court gave too much weight to mitigating factors when it ordered a new sentencing for Danny Lee Jones in a pair of brutal 1992 murders in Bullhead City. But Jones' attorney argued just the opposite. While conceding that Jones was guilty of "brutal crimes," including the strangulati…