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To: nickcarraway

Do juries have the authority to determine sentencing?


5 posted on 12/02/2016 9:33:03 PM PST by Rebelbase (Gatlinburg wildfire: over 1000 homes and business damaged or destroyed.)
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To: Rebelbase

“Do juries have the authority to determine sentencing”

From the article:

“”Alabama is the only state that allows a judge to sentence a defendant to death when the jury has recommended a sentence of life,” lawyers for Smith wrote in the petition, noting that Florida and Delaware abolished that capability this year.”


7 posted on 12/02/2016 9:41:33 PM PST by Carthego delenda est
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