Thank you gentlemen, the case is submitted. We'll hear arguments next and

Strictland against Washington.

Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologue Projects. On this week's

episode of Five to Four, Peter, Rianne, and Michael are talking about Strictland

V. Washington. At the center of the case is a man named David Washington, who pled guilty to murder.

But during the sentencing phase of his trial, his lawyer failed to advocate against the death penalty.

He could not point and did not point when his client's life was at stake to a single shred of independent evidence.

There would have advised the judge of a fuller understanding of who David Washington is,

who was this individual who has a spark of decency within him.

Washington filed a petition arguing that this lawyer had been ineffective counsel.

The case made its way to the Supreme Court, where in an eight to one decision, the

justice denied his claim. Two months later, Washington was executed by the state of Florida.

This is Five to Four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.

Welcome to Five to Four, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have sunk the ship of liberty,

like that fire sunk the ship full of outies in the Atlantic Ocean.

That's right. Peter, I'm here with Michael.

Hey, everybody. And Rianne.

Hey, did you all hear that like the law of the ocean is that that ship was just finders keepers?

Yes.

Like you just go get the outies.

The outies are yours now.

Yeah.

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