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David Scott Detrich has been on Arizona’s death row since 1991 for the 1989 murder of a Tucson woman. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a state appeal in his case.

Supreme Court refuses to hear Arizona’s appeal in death-row case

May 27, 2014 ◇ Matthew Seeman/Cronkite News Service

The Supreme Court's decision, without comment, against hearing the case means a lower court ruling granting a new hearing for David Scott Detrich stands. Detrich, convicted in the 1989 kidnapping and murder of a Tucson woman, was first sentenced to death in 1991. Read more»

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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that David Scott Detrich deserves a new hearing on his challenges to his conviction for the 1989 murder of Elizabeth Souter.

Court orders hearing on death-penalty sentence for Tucson killing

Sep 4, 2013 ◇ Jack Fitzpatrick/Cronkite News Service

A divided federal appeals court Tuesday ordered a new hearing for Arizona death-row inmate David Scott Detrich in the 1989 kidnapping and stabbing death of a Tucson woman. Detrich’s arguments that his trial attorney was ineffective had previously been rejected by courts as being raised too late. Read more»


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