Lewell N. Miller and C. Arthur Bennett were indicted and tried for murder in the first degree. The jury found them guilty and recommended mercy. They were sentenced by the Court to life imprisonment. Later the Circuit Judge ordered a new trial for both defendants. Subsequently, he ruled that the defendants could no longer be tried on a charge which could be punished by the death penalty and he refused to exercise...
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