Capital Punishment
FL High Court: Death Cases Don’t Need Unanimous Juries
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Thursday’s minority opinion said the court “got it wrong” in 2016 when it favored unanimous jury recommendations in capital punishment cases.
Capital Punishment
Georgia Parole Board Grants Clemency to Death Row Inmate
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A few hours before his scheduled execution, Jimmy Meders was spared by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles He was only the sixth inmate to be taken off death row by the board since 2002.
Capital Punishment
U.S. Appeals Judges Ponder Barr’s Execution Plan
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A judicial panel including two appointees of President Donald Trump appeared sympathetic to Attorney General William Barr’s claim of broad authority to resume federal executions.
Capital Punishment
Texas Carries Out Its First Execution of Decade
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John Gardner, 64, was put to death. He had a long history of domestic violence, but his attorneys argued that it didn’t deserve the death penalty.
Capital Punishment
Georgia Man Faces Execution for Crime That No Longer Merits Death Penalty
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Jimmy Meders was sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of a single victim during a convenience store armed robbery. But if he had been tried in 2020, he would not have received a death sentence, says his attorney.
Capital Punishment
Colorado May Abolish Death Penalty This Year
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Two key Senate Republicans now oppose the death penalty, which may tip the balance against executions in the state, which has three people on death row.
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment Continues to ‘Wither’ Across the U.S.: Report
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State authorities executed 22 prisoners so far this year, and 33 state inmates were sent to death row—continuing a five-year decline in application of the death penalty across the U.S., according to the Death Penalty Information Center in a report released Tuesday.
Capital Punishment
Flowers Out on Bail After Sixth Murder Conviction Tossed
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Mississippian Curtis Flowers was tried for the same murder six times, and each conviction was overturned. He finally won release on bail on Monday while he tries to get the case dismissed.
Capital Punishment
Texas Executes Killer Despite False Testimony
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Texas officials didn’t dispute that prosecutors introduced false testimony at Travis Runnels’ 2005 capital murder trial. Nevertheless they argued the state should still execute him.
Capital Punishment
Boston Marathon Bomber Seeks to Avoid Execution
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Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s case is back in court, putting the 2013 tragedy in the spotlight as his lawyers argue a tainted jury sentenced him to death.