Derrick O'Neal Mason EJI

 
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State of Alabama Executes Derrick Mason Even Though Sentencing Judge Admits His Death Sentence Was a Mistake
September 22, 2011
The State of Alabama executed Derrick Mason today even though the sentencing judge who condemned him to die admitted his judgment was a mistake, born of his own inexperience and that of Mr. Mason's trial lawyers.