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    Bryan Joseph Mincey - California Death Row

    Facts of the Crime:

    Mincey was sentenced to death on June 14, 1985 for fatally beating five-year-old James Brown, his girlfriend's son, in the San Bernardino county town of Fontana on December 23, 1983.

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    On April 6, 1992, the California Supreme Court affirmed Mincey's sentence on direct appeal and, on April 14, 1993, they denied his first habeas petition.

    http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/p...v-mincey-30978

    On April 23, 1997, his second habeas petition was denied by the California Supreme Court.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S056504

    On September 20, 2006, his third habeas petition was denied by the California Supreme Court.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S132358

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    Related to Jodi Arias coverage.

    One juror's struggle with the death penalty

    • Penny Warren served on a death penalty jury in California
    • That jury found the defendant guilty of the brutal murder of 5-year-old
    • She says she can still see the bloody photos in her mind

    It may be the hardest decision a person can be faced with. Would you impose the death penalty in a murder trial? For Penny Warren, it was a difficult decision that has lived with her in the 30 years since the trial. Warren says she wants the public to know just how hard the decision is.

    She says she and her fellow jurors decided that Brian Mincey deserved to die for the brutal killing of his girlfriend's 5-year-old son. Warren says it took a while to convince to lone holdout juror to join the other 11 in voting for death.

    Warren says that she struggled with the decision, and that some in her family did not agree with it. She said that one of the hardest aspects she has to live with is that during appeals, attorneys for Mincey and California would keep contacting her, bringing all the painful memories back up.

    She says what helped make up her mind was the brutal photos of the scene and the victim. She says to this day she can still see "those bloody, bloody photos" in her mind. During jury selection, the prosecutor told prospective jurors "I'm going to have to present some extremely unpleasant evidence. I mean, just appalling evidence. [Not] just pictures. Frankly I have attempted to elect pictures that are bad but not as horrible as they could be."

    A check of California records finds Mincey is still on California's death row

    http://www.hlntv.com/video/2013/05/2...-death-penalty
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    On June 15, 2015, Mincey's federal habeas petition was GRANTED by US District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez (G.W. Bush).

    https://docs.justia.com/cases/federa...2554/63337/352

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court DENIED Mincey's petition for certiorari. His conviction appears to have been affirmed, but the status of his death sentence is unclear.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Case Numbers: (15-56264)
    Decision Date: October 26, 2017

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/17-8407.html

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