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That is, death-qualified jurors are more likely than non-death-qualified jurors to vote for conviction when assessing the same sets of facts. It is argued that since death-qualified juries overrepresent these groups there is a propensity to render guilty verdicts even on counts in which the death penalty is not considered.
death — William Matthew Byrne Sr. CA: 1896–1974 — — 1966–1974 [Note 1] Truman/Operation of law: death 1 Peirson Mitchell Hall: CA: 1894–1979 1966–1968 [Note 1] — 1968–1979 F. Roosevelt/Operation of law: death 2 Thurmond Clarke: CA: 1902–1971 1966–1970 [Note 1] 1966–1970 1970–1971 Eisenhower/Operation of law: death 3 ...
But even if a jury of seven women and five men agrees, Ramos, who pleaded guilty to all charges in O’Sullivan’s death, would instead be sent to a high-security state prison, joining the more ...
In United States capital cases (cases where the prosecution pursues the death penalty), the jury must often be "death-qualified". A death-qualified jury is one in which all members of the venire that categorically object to capital punishment are removed. This has the effect of ensuring that the jury will be willing to hand down a sentence of ...
The Marshall Project reports on the evolving perception and status of the right for death penalty defendants to present mitigating evidence that could sway a jury.
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On April 24, 1972, the Supreme Court of California ruled in People v. Anderson that the state's current death penalty laws were unconstitutional. Justice Marshall F. McComb was the lone dissenter, arguing that the death penalty deterred crime, noting numerous Supreme Court precedents upholding the death penalty's constitutionality, and stating that the legislative and initiative processes were ...
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