Branch Argues Against Execution Because 24 Years On Death Row Is 'cruel And Unusual'

ekennedy@pnj.com, Pensacola News Journal
Wed, 01/31/2018 - 5:00am

Branch's counsel also argued that because he was 21 at the time of the murder, his brain hadn't fully developed.

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