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  2. Red flag law - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a red flag law (named after the idiom red flag meaning “warning sign“; also known as a risk-based gun removal law, [1]) is a gun law that permits a state court to order the temporary seizure of firearms (and other items regarded as dangerous weapons, in some states) from a person who they believe may present a danger.

  3. List of United States Supreme Court opinions involving ...

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    Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for a person who is a minor participant in a felony and does not kill, attempt to kill, or intend to kill. Tison v. Arizona , 481 U.S. 137 (1987) – Death penalty may be imposed on a felony-murder defendant who was a major participant in the underlying felony and exhibits ...

  4. Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since then, at least 361 other juveniles have been sentenced to the death penalty. [citation needed] In 1959, Leonard Shockley was executed in Maryland, becoming the last person in the United States who was executed while still a juvenile at the time of their execution. Kent v.

  5. Cost of seeking death penalty is high in California — but the ...

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    After adjusting for inflation, the court costs of pursuing death penalty convictions, along with the accompanying appeals that are required by law and can take as long as 40 years to play out ...

  6. Pointing to ‘flaw’ in Missouri death penalty, judges ask to ...

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    Seven retired Missouri judges have urged Gov. Mike Parson to stop the execution of Amber McLaughlin, arguing that the death penalty was handed down “via a flaw in Missouri’s capital sentencing ...

  7. Texas man trying to stop car break-ins shot dead. Mom says ...

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    A Texas man man is dead and another hospitalized after they tried to stop a suspect from breaking into vehicles. Family members identified the man who was killed as 21-year-old Julian Comeaux ...

  8. Execution by shooting - Wikipedia

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    Execution by shooting is a method of capital punishment in which a person is shot to death by one or more firearms.It is the most common method of execution worldwide, used in about 70 countries, [1] with execution by firing squad being one particular form.

  9. Capital punishment by the United States military - Wikipedia

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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ruled in 1983 that the military death penalty was unconstitutional, and after new standards intended to rectify the Armed Forces Court of Appeals' objections, the military death penalty was reinstated by an executive order of President Ronald Reagan the following year. [1]