Legal Opinion
Thomas Schiro v. Richard Clark, Superintendent, and Indiana Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 1992No. 91-1509PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
A broken iron, a shattered vodka bottle, pictures of the lifeless naked body of Laura Luebbehusen covered with blood and bruises, a warning note left for a friend — these trial exhibits relate the nightmarish facts of the case before us.
An Indiana jury convicted Thomas Schiro of the rape and murder of 28-year-old Evansville, Indiana resident, Laura Jane Luebbehusen. For this crime the trial judge sentenced Schiro to death despite the jury’s recommendation that Schiro receive a sentence of life imprisonment. Schiro challenged the trial court’s imposition of the death…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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