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- Texas' longest-serving death row inmate to get new sentenceWhy Virginia's abolition of the death penalty is a big deal for the state and the US The case will be sent back to Harris County, where he was originally tried, for a new punishment proceeding.
- Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed? - ProCon.orgThe death penalty is too costly, the possibility is high that a person who has been wrongfully convicted will be put to death, capital punishment inordinately affects communities of color, the imposition of the death penalty varies greatly from county to county, a low income defendant faces a troubling disadvantage when charged with a capital ...
- Death penalty in 2019: Facts and figures | Amnesty InternationalGlobal death penalty figures. Amnesty International recorded 657 executions in 20 countries in 2019, a decrease of 5% compared to 2018 (at least 690).This is the lowest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in at least a decade.
- Raymond Riles’ Texas death sentence tossed by Court of ...Starting in 1989, death penalty juries were also required to consider mitigating evidence, like a mental illness, that may sway jurors to instead opt for the lesser punishment of life in prison.
- The Death Penalty in the United StatesWhereas recent empirical research reviewing all death penalty cases in the United States concluded that two thirds of the death penalty cases from 1973 to 1995 were overturned on appeal with the most common reasons cited as incompetent counsel, inadequate investigative services, or the police and prosecutors withholding exculpatory evidence.
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