United States v. Wilson

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS, District Judge.

In May, the court will begin a penalty trial to determine whether Defendant Ronell Wilson will be sentenced to death or to life imprisonment. The Government plans to argue that a number of aggravating factors justify a death sentence, including Wilson’s potential for future dangerousness. Wilson contends that, because the only alternative to a death sentence in his case is life imprisonment without the possibility of release, there is no reliable way to *483predict his future dangerousness, let alone to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. He…