A new trial has been ordered for Mississippi death row inmate Michelle Byrom, according to a state Supreme Court opinion issued Monday. Byrom's capital murder conviction was reversed, and the case has been remanded to the circuit court for a new trial, the opinion said. Byrom has been on death row since her 2000 conviction for capital murder. The 57-year-old woman was convicted of being the mastermind of a murder-for-hire plot to kill her allegedly abusive husband, a killing her son had admitted to committing in several jailhouse letters and, according to court documents, in an interview with a court-appointed psychologist. "While we respect the Mississippi Supreme Court's decision, it is important that the trial court know and understand the specific errors that were found by the justices so that the lower court knows the best way to proceed," he said. "Our citizens can once again take comfort in the fact that we have a legal system that works for all parties involved." The defense attorneys also want to depose the prosecutor from her trial, Arch Bullard, regarding his knowledge of Byrom Jr.'s alleged confession to the psychologist.
If there is going to be a death penalty, even if you are a supporter. I would say it should only be for the most extreme cases where there is indisputable evidence against that person. Cases like this obviously should not be death penalty cases.
rhyann lee 5th period I agree with you this crime isn't worth death row.
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