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Duane Buck Guilty: Court Case Study

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Facts The Jury pronounced Duane Buck guilty in 1997 for his crimes consisting of the shooting and murder of his ex-girlfriend, Debra Gardner, and her friend Kenneth Butler including the assault and injury of his sister. Buck was charged with capital murder then sentenced to death under the pretense that he was a danger to society but the notion was challenged by his council claiming that Buck was not a danger on the grounds that he was more likely to commit crimes because he was black, by Dr. Quijano during Buck v. State. The Texas Court of Appeals found that there was sufficient evidence that Buck would be a future danger hence affirming the conviction. Buck then filed claims for both state and federal habeas relief along with a Certificate

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