Lisa Montgomery was convicted and sentenced to die for killing a pregnant Missouri woman in 2004 and kidnapping a baby from her womb. She deserves a new sentencing, her new lawyers contend in court records that detail friction among original defense team members. Deborah Denno discusses the case in the Kansas City Star.
Indeed, Duchardt pushed, without success, to admit even more evidence about the condition of Montgomery’s brain, a point that should count in his favor, said Deborah Denno, a capital punishment researcher at Fordham University.
Courts now expect lawyers to pursue that kind of evidence, Denno said.
“The fact that he was bringing in neuroscience evidence speaks well for him,” Denno said. “He’s a sophisticated lawyer.”
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