Ex-cop lawyers plead against death penalty

[The Straight Story]

Ex-cop lawyers plead against death penalty

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A New Orleans police officer who ordered a hit on a woman should not get the death penalty because of prosecution errors and misconduct, his attorneys argued.

Len Davis -- found guilty of ordering the 1994 murder of Kim Groves, who had filed a police brutality complaint against him -- should instead get life in prison, his attorneys argued before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Davis and hit man Paul "Cool" Hardy -- found to have carried out the execution-style shooting -- were sentenced to death in 1996 for conspiracy and violation of Groves' civil rights.

Their sentences were overturned after the appeals court found evidence of tampering with a federal witness, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported.

Davis's attorneys argued Wednesday the jurors who decided his death sentence also incorrectly concluded he posed a danger to other prisoners.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/12/03/Ex-cop-lawyers-plead-against-death-penalty/UPI-37131259887884/

[asdjrocky]

1. I don't believe in the death penalty.

But I do believe in a very special place for dirty cops in our prison system. It's a pity so few of them get caught.