Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson released a dissenting opinion regarding Ohio death row inmate Davel Chinn, saying she would have supported further proceedings. Chinn’s attorney suggested the state withheld evidence that may have changed the final verdict.
From Washington Examiner:
The latest justice, who is also the first black woman on the high court, wrote that "because Chinn's life is on the line, and given the substantial likelihood that the suppressed record would have changed the outcome at trial based on the Ohio courts' own representations," she would have been in favor of additional proceedings in the case. Jackson cited the concerns by attorneys for Chinn, who contended that a key witness in his trial had an intellectual disability that may have altered his memory and ability to present accurate testimony. "Without Marvin Washington, that state's evidence was not strong enough to sustain confidence in either Chinn's conviction or death sentenced," lawyers with the Ohio Public Defender's Office told the high court.
