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Death Row Inmate Given Second Chance by Supreme Court
By governing.com- Chuck Lindell
Published: 03/22/2018

Siding with a Texas death row inmate Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a lower court to take another look at Carlos Ayestas' request for money to fully investigate his claims of schizophrenia, brain injuries and similar issues.

Known as mitigating evidence, such information is supposed to be provided to jurors before they decide whether a capital murder defendant deserves to be executed. Ayestas' trial lawyers, however, presented only one witness, a Harris County Jail teacher who described the inmate as a serious and attentive student.

As part of Ayestas' federal appeals, new lawyers requested -- but were denied -- money to hire a mitigation specialist to investigate Ayestas' medical history and mental health in search of evidence that could provide jurors with reasons to choose life in prison instead of a death sentence.

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