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Judge Michael Eubanks of the

bank bank

court throughout the death sentence of a Mississippi man

convicted of killing a police officer in a drug raid five years ago.

The man's name is Corey May,

and Cato policy analyst Radley Balco has gathered a media storm around his case

in the process of researching his study on no-knock raids entitled Overkill, the rise

of paramilitary style police raids in America.

Corrie May now awaits a new sentencing hearing that will take into consideration other matters

raised by May's defense team.

Radley offers his comments in today's podcast.

What happened on the night of December 26, 2001 that put Corey May on death row?

Corey May was at home with his 18-month-old daughter and when the police broke into his home late at night and

he fired a handgun at the first officer into the door. He fired three times and

one of the bullets got under the officer's bulletproof vest and to the raid

raid was fired three times and one of the bullets got under the officer's bulletproof vest and mortally wounded him. There are lots of questions about the raid.

The raid was precipitated based on a tip from a confidential informant. We now know not only wasn't the most

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