Sentences with phrase «to seek the death penalty»

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.

They will seek the death penalty in the case.

But it's more of hiccup than a hurdle as the Aussies will be more than happy to turn the guy over if the United States if the Prosecutor's office assures they will not seek the death penalty for this particular case.

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.»

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

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.

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.

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

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

Prosecutors may also seek 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.

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.»

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.

On March 12, the Broward State Attorney's Office announced it would seek the death penalty in the case and listed seven «aggravating factors» that a jury could use to justify ordering Cruz's execution, including the «heinous, atrocious and cruel» nature of the crime and the «cold, calculated and premeditated» manner in which it was carried out.

The defense has said that it will seek a plea deal in the case, where Cruz would agree to plead guilty to 17 counts of first - degree murder if prosecutors do not seek the death penalty.

The Broward State Attorney's office has filed notice of intent to seek the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, the accused perpetrator of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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

While 48 % of respondents in a nationwide YouGov poll supported the Justice Department's decision to seek the death penalty against Tsarnaev, fewer than 20 % in Boston believed he should actually be put to death, according to a poll conducted by the The Boston Globe.

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

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.

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.

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.

The trial now moves into the penalty phase, and we wait to hear whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty.

A Florida prosecutor said that he would seek the death penalty against Nicholas Cruz, the man accused of killing 17 people last month at a high school in Parkland, moving the state closer to a rare trial for someone charged in a mass shooting.

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.

The police said the killing was premeditated and are seeking death penalty against the accused in the two - count charge.

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

Charles O'Rourke, district attorney for Yuba County, said he would 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.

Partially, this is because out of comity and a concern that juries in states without a death penalty are less likely to vote for a capital sentence, federal prosecutors are less likely to seek the death penalty in a state without capital punishment than in a state with capital punishment.

Shortly after the men were granted a new trial, the Commonwealth indicted the men on new charges of kidnapping, which the state believed would have enabled the prosecution to seek the death penalty, and perjury, because the men, after wrongly serving years in prison for the crime, made incriminating statements to the parole board in the hope of being released.

Prosecutors recently announced that they intend to seek the death penalty.

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.

Prosecutors will have 45 days from that hearing to announce whether they will seek the death penalty.

That became even more likely this week after the Broward State Attorney's Office decided to seek the death penalty against Nikolas Cruz, who is accused of killing 14 students and three staff members in the Feb. 14 massacre.

Though Broward County state prosecutors have not yet formally charged Cruz, the defense lawyers said they were certain that the Broward State Attorney's Office would seek the death penalty.

Once he is arraigned, prosecutors will have 45 days to indicate whether they plan to seek the death penalty.

Broward County public defender Howard Finkelstein said Friday that his client would plead guilty immediately in exchange for a state promise to not seek the death penalty.

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

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