Sentences with phrase «prosecutors seek the death penalty»

His lawyer says Cruz would plead guilty if guaranteed a sentence of life without parole, but prosecutors seek the death penalty.

His lawyers have repeatedly said Cruz would plead guilty if guaranteed a sentence of life without parole, but prosecutors seek the death penalty.

Not exact matches

Stubbs: «We see that death penalty trials are infected from the beginning to the end w / racial bias both in who is charged we know overwhelmingly that prosecutors are far more likely to seek the death penalty when the victim is white.

It is impossible to know what the cost might have been if prosecutors had not opted to seek the death penalty.

(In December, The Marshall Project reported that prosecutors around the country have been seeking the death penalty less often due to concerns about cost).

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday called again for federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against drug traffickers who cause overdose deaths.

Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old accused of killing 17 students and teachers in Parkland, Florida, would plead guilty if prosecutors agree not to seek the death penalty, his lawyers say

Broward prosecutors have sought the death penalty in two cases since then.

And as long as you have the death penalty at all, there will always be political pressure to use it more, and pressure upon prosecutors to seek it, and get death penalty convictions — actual innocence be damned.

Lawyers for the Uzbek man charged in the truck attack on a crowded Manhattan bike path that killed eight people on Halloween said that their client would plead guilty and accept life imprisonment without parole if prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.

Cops arrested Cruz and prosecutors are currently weighing whether to seek the death penalty.

Prosecutors may also seek the death penalty.

Among other interesting details, this New York Times article about the case highlights that» [f] ederal prosecutors vigorously sought the death penalty against Mr. Wilson, taking the case from state prosecutors in Staten Island after the New York death penalty was largely invalidated in 2004.»

These cases have exposed and challenged critical legal and evidentiary practices, including undercover police surveillance of civil rights organizations, the exclusion of prospective jurors based on previous political activities, the use of post-arrest psychiatric examinations by prosecutors when seeking the death penalty, and the exclusion of evidence of third party guilt by courts in capital cases.

Prosecutors will then have 45 days from arraignment to announce whether they intend to seek the death penalty or not.

The defense has said Cruz will agree to plead guilty to the murder charges if prosecutors agree to not seek the death penalty.

Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old accused of killing 17 students and teachers in Parkland, Florida, would plead guilty if prosecutors agree not to seek the death penalty, his lawyers say

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the gunman who fatally shot 17 people Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the Broward County state attorney's office announced Tuesday.

Broward prosecutors have sought the death penalty in two cases since then.

Prosecutors in Missouri plan to seek the death penalty for one of the four suspects in the brutal murder of a transgender teenager whose eyes were gouged out and her body set on fire last year.

His attorneys have said he is not denying guilt but is holding off on a guilty plea in the hopes that prosecutors will not seek the death penalty.

Cruz's defense attorneys previously said their client would plead guilty if prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.

Florida prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz in the fatal shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Cruz did not speak and a plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf after state prosecutors filed notice that they would seek the death penalty in the case.

Broward State Attorney Mike Satz and his prosecutors do not have to immediately announce whether they will seek the death penalty.