the Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed...

the Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed the death penalty of a man who pleaded guilty to fatally beating 2 women.
On August 13, 2004 (see), James Christopher Riels received the sentence in the 2003 killings of 59-year-old Mary Jane Crutchon and 89-year-old Fanchion Pollack.
Police said Riels was high on crack cocaine and alcohol and got angry when the victims wouldn't give him money to buy more drugs.
The Supreme Court ruled Judge Chris Craft erred in letting prosecutors question Riels about details of the crime after he told jurors he was sorry and didn't want to hurt anyone.
Riels will get a new sentencing hearing and could get life, life without parole or another death sentence.