Sentences with phrase «federal death penalty case»

Represented the first person tried in a federal death penalty case in the Southern Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, resulting in a life sentence rather than a death sentence.

A report in The Boston Globe discusses the case scheduled to be argued today before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that centers on a plan by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to try to get more African - Americans on the jury that will decide the federal death penalty case against two black men from -LSB-...]

Appointed by the U.S. District Court to represent the first person tried in a federal death penalty case in the Southern Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, resulting in a life sentence rather than a death sentence;

A report in The Boston Globe discusses the case scheduled to be argued today before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that centers on a plan by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to try to get more African - Americans on the jury that will decide the federal death penalty case against two black men from Boston.

Not exact matches

Federal law splits capital death penalty cases into two separate phases: the first determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant, the second - if found guilty - determining their sentence.

As a trial attorney, he handled all sorts of criminal cases in state and federal court and he has represented approximately 30 people charged with homicide, including several who have faced the death penalty.

As detailed in this local article, headlined «Tennessee moves closer to executing first woman: Sixth Circuit denies appeal to woman convicted in murder for hire of husband,» a new federal habeas ruling in a state capital case provides an effective opportunity to reflect on gender bias in the application of the death penalty.

The Court's first mistake came in the highly - publicized Kennedy v. Louisiana case, where an astute blogger pointed out that the Court had overlooked a federal statute authorizing the death penalty for child rape.

Doug, why do you think it's a good thing for the Federal Government to be pursuing the death penalty in cases where the state does not?

The legal services of our Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney include defense against violent crimes, sex crimes, drug crimes, federal crimes, DUI, theft crimes, and white collar crimes including a 1st degree murder death penalty case.

The most difficult cases for me are death penalty cases, both federal and state collateral attack.

His jury trials have included murder, death penalty, and federal cases.