Hysler v. Florida

After the Supreme Court of Florida had affirmed his conviction for murder, the petitioner applied to that court for leave to ask the trial court to review the judgment of conviction. The basis of his application was the claim *413that the testimony of two witnesses implicating him was perjured, and that they had testified falsely against him because they were “coerced, intimidated, beaten, threatened with violence and otherwise abused and mistreated” by the police and were “promised immunity from the electric chair” by the district attorney. After twice considering the matter, the Supreme Court…