a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals...

a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the death sentence penalty against Christopher M. Stevens should be overturned because of lawyers ineffectiveness. Stevens was sentenced to death for the 1993 rape and killing of a 10 year old neighbor while out on parole. The shocking details of the case against Stevens prompted Indiana lawmakers to pass Zachary's Law, which created the Indiana Sex Offender Registry in 1994. The law was named after Stevens' victim, Zachary Snider. Judges Diane Wood and Kenneth Ripple ruled Stevens' attorneys owed their client a constitutional duty to use a "mainstream" psychologist in their defense against the death penalty instead of the "quack" they presented. The judges said Dr. Lawrence Lennon did several bizarre things during Stevens' trial.