ALABAMA (USA): DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED

Esau “Wolf” Jackson, 32, black, gets new trial in Alabama.
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that improper testimony was permitted against Jackson during his trial in Jefferson County.
Jackson was convicted of capital murder in the Feb. 1. 2006, shooting deaths of Pamela Montgomery, 42, and Milton Poole III, 16. Jackson was sentenced to death on March 16, 2007 by Jefferson County Circuit Judge Gloria Bahakel, who followed the jury's 10-2 sentencing recommendation.
The Supreme Court said Poole's mother should not have been allowed to testify at trial that she thought Jackson had killed her son even though she had no personal knowledge of the identity of the shooter.
The state high court sent the case to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals "for further proceedings consistent with this opinion."