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On January 17, 2017, President Obama commuted his death sentence to life without parole. Ronell Wilson — Black. Wilson’s case was the first federal death sentence handed down in New York since 1954. Wilson, 24, was convicted of killing two undercover police detectives in Staten Island in 2003.
Below is a selection of Supreme Court cases involving the death penalty and criminal sentencing, arranged from newest to oldest. Jones v. Mississippi (2021)
Feb 18, 2021 · Americans’ support for capital punishment has dropped significantly since 1996, when 78 percent supported the death penalty for people convicted of murder. By 2018, support had fallen to 54...
- Phillip Morris
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Oct 28, 2021 · A former Texas nurse was sentenced to death this week for injecting air into the arteries of four patients recovering from heart surgery, causing fatal brain damage, a court official said.
- Neil Vigdor
Summaries of Key Supreme Court Cases Related to the Death Penalty. Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (1968): Jurors must be willing to impose the death penalty in order to sit on a capital jury. Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972): The application of the death penalty is unconstitutional.
Jan 13, 2021 · Lisa Montgomery was sentenced to death in 2007. Lisa Montgomery - the only female inmate on federal death row in the US - has been executed for murder. She received a lethal injection at a...
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3 days ago · As long as America clings to the death penalty, law enforcement officials like Bailey will try to secure death sentences in cases like that of Marcellus Williams.
