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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 ...
A Provisional Irish Republican Army member was sentenced to death for murder before abolition was extended across the UK. European Union human-rights protocols signed in 1999 abolished the death penalty in EU nations, but the UK is no longer an EU member. [18] 1998 Mahmood Hussein Mattan, convicted and hanged 1952, conviction quashed 1998. [19]
The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty). As an example, Jerome Butler (the first person executed in Texas during the 1990 decade) was the 34th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.
90 Walter E. Barton White 64 M May 19, 2020 Christian: Gladys Kuehler 91 Ernest Lee Johnson: Black 61 M October 5, 2021 Boone: Mary Bratcher, Mabel Scruggs, and Fred Jones 92 Carman L. Deck: White 56 M May 3, 2022 Jefferson: James Long and Zelma Long 93 Kevin Johnson Jr. Black 37 M November 29, 2022 St. Louis: Kirkwood police Sergeant William ...
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 ...
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on disseminating studies and reports related to the death penalty. Founded in 1990, DPIC is primarily focused on the application of capital punishment in the United States .
List of death row inmates held by the United States federal government; Capital punishment by the United States federal government; Capital punishment in the United States; List of people executed for crimes committed within the District of Columbia
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