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| Justices Reject Death Row Inmate’s Appeal |
| By wusf.usf.edu |
| Published: 12/16/2016 |
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected an appeal by a Death Row inmate sentenced to death for shooting and robbing a man lured from a gay bar. Justices, in a 35-page ruling, turned down arguments by inmate Ronald Knight that he had received ineffective legal representation during the Palm Beach County case. Knight was convicted in the 1993 shooting death of Richard Kunkel. The ruling said Knight and two accomplices were accused of luring Kunkel from a gay bar by inviting him to go to a party. They later drove to a secluded area and stopped the car to urinate, the ruling said. Before they got back into the car, Knight shot Kunkel in the back. Read More. |
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