Petitioner Duane Buck was convicted of capital murder for the July 1995 deaths of his ex-girlfriend Debra Gardner and her friend Kenneth Butler. See Buck v. Stephens, No.14-70030 at *2 (5th Cir., filed Aug 20, 2015). During the sentencing phase, Buck’s...
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On June 11, 1984, Terrance Williams and Marc Draper robbed and murdered Amos Norwood. See Brief for Petitioner at 4. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, under the leadership of then-District Attorney Ronald Castille, prosecuted the...