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2.66 MB
Extraction Summary
6
People
3
Organizations
1
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
7
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Manuscript draft / legal narrative (house oversight production)
File Size:
2.66 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a draft manuscript (dated 4.2.12) or memoir, likely by Alan Dershowitz (based on the context of the Tison v. Arizona case), produced as part of a House Oversight investigation. The text details the ethical conflict the author faced as the defense attorney for Ricky and Raymond Tison, balancing his duty to his clients against warnings from other anti-capital punishment lawyers that appealing to the Supreme Court could threaten the *Enmund* precedent. The page recounts the decision to file for certiorari and the subsequent anxiety when the Supreme Court granted review, signaling a potential reversal of favorable case law.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Narrator (I) | Defense Attorney |
The author of the text, representing the Tison brothers. Discussing the ethical dilemma of filing a petition.
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| Ricky Tison | Client / Inmate |
Client on death row facing execution.
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| Raymond Tison | Client / Inmate |
Client on death row facing execution.
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| Lyons family | Victims |
Victims of the crime for which the Tison brothers were sentenced.
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| Unnamed Anti-capital punishment lawyers | Advisors/Critics |
Called the narrator to warn against filing a petition due to risks to the 'Enmund' precedent.
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| Sentencing Judge | Judge |
The judge in Arizona who sentenced the Tison brothers.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court (The Supremes / High Court) |
The court petitioned by the narrator; granted review of the case.
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| Arizona courts |
State courts where the narrator hoped the case would be remanded.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
Narrative timeframe
Filing of petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court.
Washington D.C. (implied)
Narrator
Supreme Court
Narrative timeframe
Supreme Court grants review of the Tison case.
Washington D.C.
Supreme Court
Narrator
Prior to narrative
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Jurisdiction of the sentencing judge and state courts.
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Relationships (2)
I was Ricky and Raymond Tison's lawyer.
I was Ricky and Raymond Tison's lawyer.
Key Quotes (7)
"Count the noses... You may not have five any more."Source
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Quote #1
"We have Enmund. Most courts will follow Enmund and reverse felony-murder death sentences."Source
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Quote #2
"But if the Supremes take your case and reverse or limit Enmund, people will die because of you."Source
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Quote #3
"I was their lawyer, not the lawyer for the many other death row inmates whose fates could be adversely determined by a negative ruling in our case."Source
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Quote #4
"I was the only person between them and the canisters of death that stood ready to end their young lives."Source
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Quote #5
"I was Ricky and Raymond Tison’s lawyer."Source
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Quote #6
"The last thing I wanted to be was the vehicle by which the justices"Source
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Quote #7
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