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He has handled many capital cases, ... The Supreme Court assumed that the attorney should have presented more evidence but concluded it would not have made any difference in sentencing. Justice Stevens issued a concurring opinion stating that he believed the Supreme Court had erred in a previous consideration of this same case.
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New federal sentencing data from the US Sentencing Commission ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Texas Gov Perry considering rare capital clemency recommendation...
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sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2009/11/texas-gov-perry-considering-rare-capital-clemency-recommendation.html
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Favorable clemency recommendations are rare in Ohio, ... In the federal sentencing system, defendants often point to lesser sentences given to co-defendants in order to argue for lower sentences themselves. As detailed in this local state capital sentencing story, the concept of co-defendant disparity this week prompted...
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sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2009/0...
sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2009/07/ohio-board-recommends-clemency-in-capital-case-based-on-codefendant-disparity.html
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Mercy, Clemency, and Capital Punishment: Two Accounts; Austin Sarat∗; Schwartz Lecture, Moritz College of Law**; The Ohio State University; April 22, 2005; ... My inquiry into capital clemency owes much to the work of Natalie Zemon; Davis who, in Fiction in the Archives, turned to letters of remission authored in the...
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moritzlaw.osu.edu/osjcl/Articles/Volume3_1/Commentary/S...
moritzlaw.osu.edu/osjcl/Articles/Volume3_1/Commentary/Sarat_3-1.pdf
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This paper proposes the design of a project which examines evidence of the extent and nature of missed mitigation in capital sentencing through the systematic analysis of data in 70-80 Missouri State clemency petitions and published appellate cases from 1976-2005. It will review the role of counsel and expert witnesses in ...
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www.allacademic.com/meta/p105508_index.html
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Finding Aid for the; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT CLEMENCY PETITIONS ; COLLECTION, circa 1985-ongoing; APAP-214 ... Petitions thus can reveal what the sentencing authority may not have known because of attorney error, prosecutorial misconduct, newly discovered evidence, or other reasons. As part of his work with The Constitution...
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library.albany.edu/speccoll/findaids/apap214.htm
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Governor Perry rejected the parole board's recommendation for clemency, stating that "I have decided to uphold the jury's capital murder conviction and capital punishment for this heinous crime.
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www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR511182009&lang...
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: Sentencing Law and Policy; ... Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 14, 2009 (boomark / email). ... Ohio Governor Rejects Clemency in Getsy Case...
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www.uslaw.com/law_blogs/?item=558951
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The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles home page ... In capital cases, the Board considers applications for commutation of sentence to life in prison and for a reprieve of execution. If the Board recommends clemency in a death penalty case, the governor may grant commutation or reprieve.
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www.tdcj.state.tx.us/bpp/exec_clem/exec_clem.html
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