Q&A: Joshua Levine
The Simpson Thacher partner discusses the firm's pro bono work on the case of Reggie Clemons, who was sentenced to death in connection with the 1991 deaths of two young girls. Levine argued Clemons' case in the Missouri Supreme Court, which recently vacated the conviction and sentence.
January 08, 2016 at 02:00 AM
8 minute read
Reggie Clemons was convicted and sentenced to death in connection with the 1991 deaths of two young girls who were raped and pushed off an abandoned bridge in St. Louis.
On Nov. 24, the Missouri Supreme Court, by a 4-3 vote, vacated Clemons' conviction and sentence and remanded the case to the state for a decision on whether to retry him.
Clemons was within days of being executed in 2009. Now the court, following the lead of a special master, has ruled that the state had violated Clemons' Brady rights.
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