Sentences with phrase «of death sentences imposed»

The number of death sentences imposed during 2009 was 106, down from 111 the year before, 284 a decade ago, and a high of 328 in 1994, according to a year - end report published today by the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit organization that opposes the death penalty.

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The sentence of political death was imposed upon Judah by Nebuchadnezzar in the first two decades of the sixth century.

But I am also aware that every year, hundreds of thousands of women and babies experience no such reprieve from the preventable death sentence imposed when labour goes wrong and there is not even the most basic health care available to ease their suffering and save their lives.

24:16) the death sentence is imposed for the most extreme verbal blast against God, that is, blaspheming «the name of the LORD.»

24:16, imposes the death sentence for blaspheming «the name of Yahweh»).

Ohio's highest court Thursday unanimously upheld the death sentence imposed on the Warren County man convicted of murdering U.S. Navy recruit Justin Back in 2014 - despite the fact that the then - teenager insists he never...

Ohio's highest court Thursday unanimously upheld the death sentence imposed on the Warren County man convicted of murdering U.S. Navy recruit Justin Back in 2014 - despite the fact that the then - teenager insists he...

The number of people executed in the United States this year dropped to the lowest level since 1991, as states impose fewer death sentences and defendants in capital cases get access to better legal help.

Death Sentence Aggravating Factor Expansion — Vote Passed (271 - 143, 16 Not Voting) Passage of the bill that would require courts and juries to consider if a defendant killed or attempted to kill a state law enforcement officer, local law enforcement officer or first responder as an aggravating factor when determining whether to impose the death sentence on a defenDeath Sentence Aggravating Factor Expansion — Vote Passed (271 - 143, 16 Not Voting) Passage of the bill that would require courts and juries to consider if a defendant killed or attempted to kill a state law enforcement officer, local law enforcement officer or first responder as an aggravating factor when determining whether to impose the death sentence on a deSentence Aggravating Factor Expansion — Vote Passed (271 - 143, 16 Not Voting) Passage of the bill that would require courts and juries to consider if a defendant killed or attempted to kill a state law enforcement officer, local law enforcement officer or first responder as an aggravating factor when determining whether to impose the death sentence on a defendeath sentence on a desentence on a defendant.

Only a judge can grant a divorce, confirm an adoption, order the termination of parental rights, sentence a person to death, impose a sentence of imprisonment or cause a change in property rights.

«Anti-pardons» are also in the news thanks to the great state of Alabama, the lone state in the union that permits judges to overturn jury - mandated «life without parole» sentences and impose the death penalty instead, something judges have seen fit to do 95 times.

This is obviously a power of tremendous consequence which should be exercised for the most stringent of reasons, which is just what Macon County Judge Dale Segrest did when he overruled a jury and sentenced 19 year old Bobby Waldrop, white, to death because, quote, «If I had not imposed the death sentence, I would have sentenced three black people to death and no white people.»

To date, 47 states have adopted post-conviction DNA testing statutes; some have imposed additional limitations that hinder applicants from obtaining testing, such as prohibiting applications from those (1) that have plead guilty; (2) that have admitted to guilt in order to obtain parole; (3) whose attorneys did not request testing; (4) convicted of crimes for which relief could be sought; (5) who are sentenced to death; (6) who are able to establish a likelihood rather than a possibility the testing will be exculpatory; (7) where there are clear and convincing evidence that the new results would be significantly more discriminating than the results of previous testing; or (8) that fail to provide adequate safeguards to preserve biological evidence.

The Court must review final orders imposing death sentences, district court decisions declaring a State statute or provision of the State Constitution invalid, bond validations, and certain orders of the Public Service Commission on utility rates and services.

These regulations directed, among other things, that review of the sentence imposed by the commission should be by the officer convening it, with «authority to approve, mitigate, remit, commute, suspend, reduce, or otherwise alter the sentence imposed,» and directed that no sentence of death should be carried into effect until confirmed by the Commander in Chief, United States Army Forces, Pacific.

In this case, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of a sentencing judge to reject a joint submission for a two year sentence for an accused convicted of impaired driving causing death and upheld the sentence imposed of two years and eight months; noting, however, that a sentence of no less than four years ought to have been imposed: R v Gibson, 2015 ABCA 41 (CanLII).

In R. v. Kazenelson, the Ontario Court of Appeal recently upheld the conviction and the sentence imposed on a project manager who had been found guilty under the Criminal Code for criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm, arising from the collapse of a swing stage in 2009.

Despite recognizing that some other courts have reached a different conclusion, the Ohio Supreme Court held that jury's weighing of aggravating circumstances against mitigating factors is not a fact - finding process, so it is not governed by Hurst, but even if it were, there was no violation because Ohio law requires the jury to unanimously agree that aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt before the trial judge can consider imposing a death sentence.

NEWS (4/18): In Ohio v. Mason, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that its capital sentencing statute does not violate a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury and the U.S. Supreme Court's 2016 decision Hurst v. Florida, which reiterated that a defendant is entitled to a jury finding of all facts necessary to impose a death sentence;» [a] jury's mere recommendation is not enough.»

Member states would have to impose custodial sentences of at least five years or financial penalties on offending companies of at least $ 750,000 for particularly serious crimes, such as those that have resulted in death or serious injury.

An individual who commits a civil or criminal traffic violation resulting in death or serious physical injury is not eligible to attend a defensive driving school, except that the court may order the individual to attend a defensive driving school in addition to another sentence imposed by the court on an adjudication or admission of the traffic violation.

You are not eligible to enroll in this course if you have committed a civil or criminal traffic violation resulting in death or serious physical injury, unless the court has ordered you to do so in addition to another sentence imposed by the court on an adjudication or admission of the traffic violation.