Legal Opinion
Saylor v. Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 2004No. 48S00-9712-PD-647PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition for Rehearing
BOEHM, Justice.
In 1992, Benny Saylor was sentenced to death despite a unanimous jury recommendation to the contrary. In 2002, Indiana law was changed in an important respect by requiring a unanimous jury recommendation of death before the death penalty can be imposed. Appellate courts are to review and revise sentences that are inappropriate. We conclude that it is not appropriate to execute a person who was convicted and sentenced through a procedure that has now been substantially revised so the same trial today would no longer render the defendant eligible for the…
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