N.Y. Debating Fate of State Death Penalty
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The legislature appears poised to throw out the death penalty, which was reinstated by Governor George E. Pataki 10 years ago.
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WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether to ban the death penalty for juveniles who kill, one of the highest-profile questions confronting the justices as they continue re-examining who is subject to capital punishment.
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Several Supreme Court justices questioned yesterday whether a challenge to Kentucky's lethal-injection process brought by two death row inmates presents enough evidence to decide whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.
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The US Supreme Court will on Monday take up the thorny issue of lethal injections in a bid to determine if this method of executing death-row inmates conforms with the constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
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Leading contenders for the presidential nominations all support the death penalty. A look at their positions:
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled to assess the morality and propriety of states' executing murderers who killed at age 16 or 17 &#151; the ultimate punishment carried out in few places outside the United States.
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On issues such as the juvenile death penalty, the court considers whether it should weigh international opinion.
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Hoping to bring capital punishment to Massachusetts, Gov. Mitt Romney is preparing to file a death penalty bill early next year that he says is so carefully written it will guarantee only the guilty are executed.
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After the Supreme Court granted two stays of execution and refused to vacate a third, some say that a de facto moratorium on the death penalty is in place.
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A murderer was scheduled to die Thursday in what would be the nation's first execution since the day the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Death penalty critics on Thursday asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt lethal injections after a convicted killer took 34 minutes to die from the procedure and witnesses said he appeared to suffer.
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The Supreme Court considered Monday whether an almost all-white Texas jury unfairly convicted and sentenced a black man to death, the latest in a string of capital cases to reach the court from the state that executes more people than any other.
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The case of a painter on death row walks a thin line between 'murderabilia' and prisoners' rights.
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The Supreme Court is considering whether the United States is out of step with the rest of the world, and with national and global standards of decency, by allowing teenage killers to be put to death.
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The Supreme Court weighs whether to ban the death penalty for anyone under 18.
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Governor commutes sentence of man who was scheduled to die via lethal injection this evening.
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The state Board of Pardons and Paroles met behind closed doors Monday to decide whether a convicted police killer who insists he is innocent should be given a reprieve or executed Tuesday as scheduled.