In December 1993, Respondent Khalil Kholi was convicted of ten counts of sexual assault in the first degree for molesting his two stepdaughters. See Kholi v. Wall, 582 F.3d 147, 149 (1st Cir. 2009). The judge in the Rhode Island Superior Court...
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A grand jury indicted Respondent Robert Keith Woodall for the murder, kidnapping, and rape of a sixteen-year-old female victim, and Woodall pled guilty in Kentucky state court to all of the charges and aggravating circumstances. See Woodall v. Com...
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Autumn, a six year old girl, lived with her mother, Laura, and step-father, Marvin Bockting, in a one room motel room in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bockting v. Bayer, 399 F.3d 1010, 1013 (2005). One evening Autumn awoke upset. Although there were various...
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In 1997, Petitioner Marion Wilson was charged with and convicted of murder, armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle, and several other violent crimes. Wilson v. Warden, 774 F.3d 671, 674 (11th Cir. 2014), reh’g en back granted, op. vacated, No. 14-...
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In 1993, while on parole for shooting another former girlfriend, petitioner Holly Wood snuck into the bedroom of his ex-girlfriend while she slept and fatally shot her in the head with a shotgun. See Wood v. Allen, 542 F.3d 1281, 1283–84 (11th Cir....
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On January 27, 1986, Petitioner Patrick Wood attempted to rob a pizza shop with a revolver, killing an employee in the attempt. See Wood v. Milyard, 403 Fed.Appx. 335, 336 (10th Cir. 2010). Before Wood could escape, two other pizza-shop employees...