Friday, March 12, 2004
A cover-up of biblical proportions
A copy of the Ten Commandments hanging in a North Carolina courtroom has been covered up after the attorneys for an admitted killer on trial claimed the Sixth Commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," might sway jurors against their client.
Andre Edwards is on trial for killing a young mother, Ginger Hayes, and has admitted to the crime, reported WTVD-TV in Durham, N.C. His lawyers convinced Judge Clinton Sumner to put a beige cloth over a plaque of the Decalogue that hangs in the courtroom. According to the report, the attorneys argued the prohibition against killing might prejudice the jurors toward giving Edwards the death penalty.
A copy of the Ten Commandments hanging in a North Carolina courtroom has been covered up after the attorneys for an admitted killer on trial claimed the Sixth Commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," might sway jurors against their client.
Andre Edwards is on trial for killing a young mother, Ginger Hayes, and has admitted to the crime, reported WTVD-TV in Durham, N.C. His lawyers convinced Judge Clinton Sumner to put a beige cloth over a plaque of the Decalogue that hangs in the courtroom. According to the report, the attorneys argued the prohibition against killing might prejudice the jurors toward giving Edwards the death penalty.
