7/15/2007 0:00:00
The Florida Supreme Court did not do justice to the Stafford family this week. Due to a technicallity committed by the defendant’s lawyer, Officer Charles B. Stafford’s killer will get a new trial.
The killer, Merrit Alonzo Smith, has already admitted to pulling Stafford’s gun and killing him 16 years ago. However, the Supreme Court ruled that the killer’s defense attorney was so bad, that the killer deserve’s a new trial.
www.local10.com/news/13675607/detail.html
