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In Georgia, a Push to End Unanimity for Execution

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pThat#39;s the title of Robbie Brown#39;s article in the New York Times regarding the fallout from the Nichols jury verdict.#0160; a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/us/17death.html?partner=permalinkamp;exprod=permalinkLINK/a/pp style=margin-left: 40px;Legislators have not decided who will introduce the proposal to end unanimity or how many jurors? votes it will require for a death sentence, Mr. Ralston said. But if the proposal passes, Georgia will become the only state to allow non-unanimous juries to sentence defendants to death./pp style=margin-left: 40px; The federal government also requires a jury to be unanimous to impose death. (In Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Montana and Nebraska, judges can impose death sentences after a jury issues its recommendation...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).