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Milo Stanley

This was one of those cases that while I was reading it, it was very clear that Milo Stanley had committed a horrendous crime and that he was guilty but in the same respect, I do not believe that he had a fair trial. Nor do I believe that the court ruled appropriately. This is not necessarily something that you have never heard me say about a case but the latter part in which I disagreed with the court, is a little more rare from me. I fear certain rulings from courts because official rulings that are upheld set a precedence meaning future cases can look back at them to help them make new rulings. In this particular case Milo Stanley confessed to the murders of his wife and five year old daughter but only after he had requested an attorney and questioning had continued. Milo's defense would later argue that this confession had been obtained illegally and that it should not have been entered into his jury trial. The appeals court later denied that saying that altho...