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The Trump administration is spending its final months authorizing executions. Ten federal death row prisoners have been killed so far this year, ending a 17-year federal moratorium on applying the ...
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards ...
In 1994, a Gallup survey conducted routinely since the 1930s found a record 80% of Americans supported the death penalty for a person convicted of murder while 16% opposed it. Last year, those ...
This is because it is seen as unprincipled that different punishments for death are given according to the how much the victim is missed, or conversely that someone's death is relatively less harmful if they have no family. In the circumstance of death, some jurisdictions have described victim impact statements from family members as ...
Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for rape of an adult woman when the victim is not killed.; Enmund v. 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.
The murder of the Bologna family occurred on June 22, 2008, when Tony Bologna and his sons, Michael and Matthew, were shot dead near their residence in the Excelsior district of San Francisco, California, United States, by Edwin Ramos Umaña, who mistook the victims as rival gang members for whom he wanted retaliation.
The decision angered victims’ family members, who had eagerly been awaiting justice for nearly a quarter-century. Many said the death penalty is the only just outcome for the perpetrators of the ...
The bill was designed to identify survivors of homicide victims as a group of victims, and to ensure yearly funding. The bill passed and was approved by the governor on April 14, 2015. [ 12 ] Maryland became the second state in the United States to provide specific funds and resources to murder victims' family members.