Judge Rules Federal Death Penalty Law Unconstitutional
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Judge shoots down death penalty law
Basically, the judge said that the law did not provide sufficient due process protections, and thus violated the 6th Amendment:
“IF THE DEATH penalty is to be part of our system of justice, due process of law and the fair trial guarantees of the Sixth Amendment require that standards and safeguards governing the kinds of evidence juries may consider must be rigorous, and constitutional rights and liberties scrupulously protected,”he said.
One assumes that he believes one or both of those standards is not being met by the federal law.
I will try and find a link to the decision later.
I imagine that this decision is going to be appealed.
