United States v. Slone

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.

Death is different.1 For good reason, death penalty cases demand a different level of scrutiny. But such scrutiny does not justify the Court trampling on the Constitution. Here, Defendant Eugene Slone asks this Court to manage the internal processes of the Department of Justice. Slone specifically wants the Court to impose a schedule for his presentation of mitigating evidence to federal prosecutors so he can convince them not to seek the ultimate punishment. This the Court cannot do without violating the constitutional separation of…