Well this is a very interesting development in the case I’ve been tracking closely and expect the Supreme Court to hear, especially given that Marc Elias has not been one to generally defend campaign ...

They filed a petition for a writ of certiorari last year in hopes the U.S. Supreme Court would agree ... to death row in 1998 for a fourth time after the court determined the plea agreement ...

Benjamin Ritchie was "sentenced to death based on inaccurate information," his legal team wrote in a May 7 petition for writ ...

They are asking for the execution to be paused so that Ritchie can pursue appeals related to ineffective assistance of counsel at the time ... the May 7 petition to the U.S. Supreme Court reads.