Prof. Elizabeth Bentley Quoted by The Arizona Republic on Cruz v. Arizona Supreme Court Case

Professor Elizabeth Bentley was quoted by The Arizona Republic on the upcoming Supreme Court case Cruz v. Arizona. Cruz was convicted and sentenced to death in 2005 for the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2003. During the trial, Cruz was not able to share the fact that if given a life sentence, he would be ineligible for parole, a fact that his attorneys argue could have changed the jury's verdict. Professor Bentley represented the Arizona Capital Representation Project, which submitted an amicus brief in support of Cruz. Professor Bentley commented "We argued that the state of Arizona and Arizona courts have created all of these procedural hurdles to prevent individuals like Cruz from being able to raise his due process challenge."