A videotaped, set-to-music victim impact statement designed to stir a sentencing judge’s emotions does not violate a convict’s federal constitutional right to due process...

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A defense attorney told a skeptical Maryland high court Friday that a videotaped, set-to-music victim-impact statement designed to stir a sentencing judge’s emotions violated a convicted double-murderer’s federal constitutional rights to due process and be free from arbitrary and capricious ...

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