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The Supreme Court\u2019s recent Death Penalty jurisprudence has been pretty dark: their decision to deny a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams is and will be a mark of shame on this country\u2019s history. But, in an unexpected break from the Court\u2019s live and let die approach to death row, they are giving an Oklahoma inmate a second bite at due process. EJI<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted relief to Brenda Andrew, who was sentenced to death in Oklahoma after prosecutors introduced evidence about her sex life and her failings as a wife and mother. The Court ordered the federal appeals court to assess whether this \u201cirrelevant evidence about [her] demeanor as a woman \u2026 deprive[d] her of a fundamentally fair trial.\u201d It would have been bad enough if the prosecution just<\/em> referred to Ms. Andrew as a \u201cslut puppy\u201d throughout the trial (which they did), but parading around her underwear? How did that even play out in closing argument? \u201cWere her finger prints on the murder weapon? No. But we did find these revealing Victoria\u2019s Secret panties in one of her drawers. What other secrets might she be hiding?!\u201d<\/p>\n Justices Thomas and Gorsuch were the only two Justices that dissented from the order. The bar is in hell, but a pat on the back for Kavanaugh not making that duo a trio.<\/p>\n Supreme Court Grants Relief in Oklahoma Death Penalty Case<\/a> [EJI]<\/p>\n Yes. The answer should be yes. The post Supreme Court Asks Appeals Court To Determine If Prosecutorial Slut Shaming And Panty Waiving Makes Murder Trials Unfair appeared first on Above the Law. (Photographer: Samuel Corum\/Bloomberg) The Supreme Court\u2019s recent Death Penalty jurisprudence has been pretty dark: their decision to deny a stay of execution for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":101406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law","category-legal_matters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1403235906-62OlMr.jpeg?fit=724%2C483&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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The State accused Ms. Andrew of conspiring with Mr. Pavatt to murder her husband. At trial, according to the Court\u2019s per curiam decision, the prosecution \u201celicited testimony about Andrew\u2019s sexual partners reaching back two decades; about the outfits she wore to dinner or during grocery runs; about the underwear she packed for vacation; and about how often she had sex in her car.\u201d The prosecutor also displayed her thong underwear to jurors while urging them to convict her of capital murder.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim,\u00a0a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor<\/a>, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"