美国最高法院允许推翻对Douglas Lovell的死刑判决。 US Supreme Court lets stand ruling that overturned the death sentence for Douglas Lovell.

美国最高法院拒绝恢复对1985年因谋杀Joyce Yost而被定罪的Douglas Lovell的死刑判决, The US Supreme Court has declined to reinstate the death sentence for Douglas Lovell, convicted in 1985 of murdering Joyce Yost to prevent her from testifying against him in a rape case. 犹他州最高法院维持了对他的谋杀罪的定罪,但推翻了死刑判决,裁定Lovell的律师没有充分回应关于他从摩门教传出的证词,导致可能作出不公平的判决决定。 The Utah Supreme Court had upheld his murder conviction but overturned the death sentence, ruling that Lovell's attorneys did not adequately respond to testimony about his excommunication from the Mormon church, leading to a potentially unfair sentencing decision.