16 December 2020 :
The Nevada Supreme Court has reversed the convictions and death sentences imposed on Thomas Randolph (see HoC July 5, 2017) for allegedly “conspiring with a hitman to have his sixth wife murdered during a staged burglary and then murdering the hitman.”
The court held that the state had improperly presented evidence of Randolph’s alleged prior bad acts related to the death of Randolph’s earlier wife, Betty, who died under similar circumstances. That evidence consisted almost exclusively of inadmissible hearsay testimony and prejudicial statements about the gruesomeness of Betty’s death, and Randolph had been acquitted of the murder charges.
(Source: DPIC, 10/12/2020)
