Federal Judge Declares Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Great news! Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York just declared the federal death penalty unconsitutional in the case of U.S. v. Quinones! Here's the opinion.
The basis for his ruling is the "undue risk" that a meaningful number of innocent people have been executed.
Judge Jed S. Rakoff is the first federal judge to declare the current federal death penalty unconstitutional.
This is an issue that's not going away--
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