At Tremane’s trial, prosecutors portrayed him as the killer, and a jury sentenced him to death. After Tremane’s trial, the lawyer temporarily lost his law license because of client neglect associated with his drug and alcohol abuse. Nick Oxford for HuffPostOnce Tremane was sentenced to death, Jake wanted to go to death row, too. Jake’s trial took place in the same courthouse, before the same judge, with the same prosecutors as in Tremane’s trial. But Elliott was unmoved: It was Jake’s trial, and he had the right to decline to have certain evidence presented.

Source: Huffington Post October 13, 2024 17:08 UTC