LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court is being asked to
reconsider its decision to order a new trial for a death row inmate convicted in
the death of his 6-year-old son.
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge petitioned the court Monday for a rehearing
over its decision last month reversing the capital murder conviction of Mauricio
Alejandro Torres. Investigators say Torres used a stick to sexually assault the
boy while the family was camping in Missouri. A medical examiner blamed the
boy’s death on a bacterial infection caused by the assault.
Justices ruled that Arkansas authorities couldn’t use rape as a justification
for the murder conviction because the assault occurred in Missouri.
Rutledge’s filing said the court erred in its analysis of how the law applies
to Torres’ case.
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