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Justices weigh death penalty case
The Supreme Court examined if a lawyer was wrong to concede a death row inmate's guilt without consent in Nixon's 1984 murder case. Justices questioned whether trial strategy aimed at sparing life justified admitting guilt, with Chief Justice Rehnquist absent. The case centers on whether conceding guilt without client objection compromised the adversarial process and Nixon's sentencing.
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