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New York Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional

HeadlineJun 25, 2004

New York state’s highest court ruled yesterday that a provision in the state’s death penalty law is unconstitutional, effectively suspending the death penalty in New York. The court found the state’s current law was written in a manner to actually encourage jurors to impose the death penalty even in cases where it was not warranted.

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