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Support SB 16 - Help Minimize Unreliable and Arbitrary Death Sentences

Advocacy News, HB 16, Other Issues

SB 16 would prohibit a judge from overriding a jury’s recommendation and imposing a death sentence in cases where the jury voted for life without parole in a capital case. Currently a judge is not required to accept a jury’s vote in the…

Support HB 32 - Help Minimize Unreliable and Arbitrary Death Sentences

Advocacy News, Other Issues

HB 32 would (1) prohibit a judge from overriding a jury’s recommendation and imposing a death sentence in cases where the jury voted for life without parole in a capital case and (2) require a verdict of death to be based on a unanimous vote…

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