A new supreme court ruling limits the legal challenges defendants can make if they were represented by a terrible public defender. And there's a guy on death row right now who might getx as a result. Barry lee jones was sentenced to death for killing a four year old girl. But just a few years ago, a judge tossed out the verdict and ordered a re trial because of a shoddy defence. Today's ruling means that re trial won't happen. It says innocence isn't necessarily enough to exonerate someone who could have been wrongly convicted - even if that person might die.

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