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

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    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.

  3. Capital punishment debate in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The anti-death penalty movement began to pick up pace in the 1830s and many Americans called for abolition of the death penalty. Anti-death penalty sentiment rose as a result of the Jacksonian era, which condemned gallows and advocated for better treatment of orphans, criminals, poor people, and the mentally ill.

  4. Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vermont has abolished the death penalty for all crimes, but has an invalid death penalty statue for treason. [82] When it abolished the death penalty in 2019, New Hampshire explicitly did not commute the death sentence of the sole person remaining on the state's death row, Michael K. Addison. [83] [84]

  5. Opinion - Arizona AG panders on the death penalty - AOL

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    Another chapter in Arizona’s off-again, on-again death penalty history occurred between 1962 and 1992 when no executions were performed. All told, 143 people have been put to death in the state ...

  6. Arizonans could decide fate of death penalty in 2026 - AOL

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    (The Center Square) – An Arizona Democratic lawmaker is seeking to let voters decide if the death penalty could be legal in 2026. Rep. Patty Contreras, D-Phoenix, filed House Concurrent ...

  7. Opinion - What does Donald Trump’s return mean for the death ...

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    The 2024 presidential election leaves people opposed to the death penalty in a quandary. The American people have returned to the White House someone who wants to expand the uses of capital ...

  8. Death penalty under challenge in Kansas by man charged with ...

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    Death penalty challenges. Fielder’s case isn’t the first challenge Kansas’ death penalty has faced. In 2023, the ACLU brought a similar challenge in the Sedgwick County case of Kyle Young ...

  9. The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints - Wikipedia

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    The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints is a book in the Opposing Viewpoints series. It presents selections of contrasting viewpoints on the death penalty : first surveying centuries of debate on it; then questioning whether it is just; whether it is an effective deterrent; and whether it is applied fairly.