[C-L]Supreme Court to Hear Arguments from Death Row Inmate Today
The Clarion Ledger reports:
Seven years ago, 16-year-old Leesa Gray of Itawamba County disappeared while returning home from her job as a waitress. The next day her body was found dead in former Marine recruiter Thomas E. Loden Jr.’s van. Loden was sentenced to 30 years in prison on kidnapping and rape accounts, and is now appealing his conviction for murder. The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments today from the death row inmate who served as a Marine during Operation Desert Storm and as a recruiter later in life.
Among the evidence presented was video footage, allegedly made by Loden, of the acts being committed on Gray. The videotape was not viewed during the hearing, but previously had been viewed by the trial judge and attorneys for the prosecution and defense.
According to the court record, Lodens face was not visible on the tapes. His feet, arms and legs were visible and his voice could be heard, prosecutors said.
Defense attorneys had argued that LodenҒs confession was given without the benefit of legal counsel. The trial judge ruled the confession could be used by prosecutors.
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