Wednesday, April 28, 2010

What's Next For Duncan?

The California (Riverside County, Indio) case is indefinitely stalled while Duncan prepares for an eventual trial. The next status hearing is June 11th, and there is a tentative trial date set for some time in September (me thinks), but that will be rescheduled for probably the middle of next year since there is no possibility that Duncan will be prepared for trial this year (or next for that matter).
The federal appeal is still question. The appellate court should decide within a few months whether or not they will accept an appeal filed by Duncan's stand-by counsel without his consent.
If they accept the appeal then it could take another one or two years for them to rule on it. The appeal issue will be Duncan's competency to represent himself.
If the appeal is not allowed then Duncan could be scheduled for execution by the end of this year or early next year. There would be no further appeals to delay what Duncan calls his „release date”.
However, if California decides that it still wants „justice for Anthony Martinez” then they could delay the federal execution until after the state's trial. Of course, if they do not delay the federal execution for their demands of „justice” then they'll only be exposing themselves as the hypocrites and murderers that they really are. I would happily welcome them to the club. :)

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