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Clayton is in charge of the Inglewood branch of the public defenders office and has defended three cases with life sentences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Couvy said France lacked enough prosecutors and judges to handle the cases, while overcrowded prisons limited the courts’ ability to impose custodial sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
"Christa Pike was sentenced to death more than 30 years ago, at a time when support for the death penalty was much higher, we had more than 300 new death sentences every year," Maher said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Doing so would weaken the usefulness of both the commentary and the guidelines, and ultimately lead to wildly different sentences for the same crimes all depending on the judge.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026
Yesterday, Macon barely spoke three sentences before he bolted out the door.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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