[Clemenza]

The death penalty was thrown out by the Court of Appeals (NY’s equivalent to the Supreme Court everywhere else). Nobody was being executed anyway (and Pataki knew this), so it was purely symbolic when NY had it anyway.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The death penalty was thrown out by the Court of Appeals

Again!! When did they do this? Guess they'll have to stop the capital punishment shown on Law and Order.