Sentences with phrase «seeking death penalty»

According to the filing, the state is seeking the death penalty because it believes it «can prove beyond a reasonable doubt» that Nikolas Cruz, 19, was previously convicted of a capital felony, he knowingly created great risk of death to many persons, capital felony was committed during a burglary, capital felony was especially heinous or cruel and the capital felony was a homicide «committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification.»

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.

So said the Vermont U.S. attorney Tristam J. Coffin, who himself should receive an award for «Best Surname For a District Attorney Seeking The Death Penalty.»

In the last two years, voters elected district attorneys in Denver, Philadelphia, and Orlando, Florida, who all promised to stop seeking the death penalty completely.

But the aspect that garnered headlines was President Trump's repeated emphasis on seeking the death penalty for drug traffickers.

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will unveil a plan on Monday to combat the opioid addiction crisis that includes seeking the death penalty for drug dealers and urging Congress to toughen sentencing laws for drug traffickers, White House officials said on Sunday.

We know that the government has its reasons for seeking the death penalty, but the continued pursuit of that punishment could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives.

Other parts of the plan include «Help Those Struggling with Addiction» and «Cut off the Supply of Illicit Drugs,» which is the section that includes seeking the death penalty against certain drug traffickers.

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

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.

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

Cruz is charged with 17 counts of first - degree murder, 17 counts of attempted murder and the state announced its intentions to 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.

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.

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.

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

They will seek the death penalty in the case.

Whiting said he made the ad out of gratitude, and says he hopes it will «humanize» a woman the New York Times called «America's deadliest D.A.» because of how often she sought 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.»

The court shall not permit the filing of an initial notice of intent to seek the death penalty later than 30 days before trial is set to commence.

Upon a showing of good cause, the district court may grant a motion to file a late notice of intent to seek the death penalty or of an amended notice alleging additional aggravating circumstances.

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

PARKLAND, Fla. - The suspected gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will plead guilty immediately in exchange for a state promise to not seek the death penalty.

Broward State Attorney Mike Satz said Saturday that now is not the time to discuss whether his office would seek the death penalty or make a plea deal for Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old accused of shooting and killing 17 people at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Wednesday.

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.

The state will then announce whether it will 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.

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-- Massive move by Erdogan govy to take control, fire judges, politicians and seek to bring back death penalty

10) Catholics, in seeking to form their judgment as to whether the death penalty is to be supported as a general policy, or in a given situation, should be attentive to the guidance of the pope and the bishops.

Giving magisterial authority to the death penalty, Pope Innocent III required disciples of Peter Waldo seeking reconciliation with the Church to accept the proposition: «The secular power can, without mortal sin, exercise judgment of blood, provided that it punishes with justice, not out of hatred, with prudence, not precipitation.»

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.

Perry cut or undermined every bill for the jobless, pre-school programs, teacher hires and never sought to overturn a death penalty for inmates who declared their innocence to death's door.

Beginning with Furman v. Georgia (1972), which held that the death penalty as currently applied in the U.S. was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court sought to maintain «a system of «super due process» through which capital defendants could be assured an extra measure of protection from arbitrariness, caprice or emotionalism.»

The mainstream practitioners who were active in the years of Harold's premiership all indicate support and admiration for the way he held the Labour party together, sought to drag Britain into the modern era and presided over a series of liberalisation acts including abolition of the death penalty and the legalisation of homosexuality, abortion and divorce.

On the other hand persuasive essay about death penalty seeks to convince your readers towards a certain school of thought.

The project seeks to focus on the humanity that remains at the center of the death penalty in America.

And now, news stories from the New York Times, Austin American - Statesman and the Houston Chronicle are reporting that Keller's actions have galvanized 300 lawyers, prominent defense attorneys and judges among them, to seek changes in the Texas court's filing practices on death penalty cases.

Finally, at least one other large firm, Covington and Burling, is busy with a pro bono matter — it's working frantically to spare defendant Larry Smith from a capital sentence, after a jury convicted him and recommended the death penalty in less than 30 minutes, according to this extensive story on Alabama's court - appointed program for criminal indigents seeking appeal.