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- APRIL 12, 2005New YorkDEATH PENALTY
NEW YORK, USA. LAWMAKERS VOTE NOT TO REINSTATE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a legislative committee rejected a bill on April 12 aimed at reinstating the state's death penalty, which a court had suspended last year.
- JUNE 24, 2004New YorkDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 25, 2004New YorkDEATH PENALTY
The life of Monroe County's only death row inmate,...
The life of Monroe County's only death row inmate, Angel Mateo, was spared today
- JANUARY 14, 2004New YorkDEATH PENALTY
James "Jeff" Cahill, 43, was sentenced to 37 1/2 years...
James "Jeff" Cahill, 43, was sentenced to 37 1/2 years in prison for sneaking into his wife's hospital room and poisoning her with cyanide
- DECEMBER 22, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
A Brooklyn deadlocked jury spared the life of Emile...
A Brooklyn deadlocked jury spared the life of Emile Dixon, foiling Attorney General John Ashcroft's bid for the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 25, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York State's highest court has tossed out the death...
New York State's highest court has tossed out the death sentence against a man convicted of the poisoning death of his wife in a Syracuse hospital
- MAY 12, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
By a vote of 23-12 last night (5/12/03), the Albany...
By a vote of 23-12 last night (5/12/03), the Albany County Legislature passed Resolution #251 urging the governor and the state legislature to place a moratorium on all executions in New York
- JULY 9, 2002New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York's highest court threw out the death sentence...
New York's highest court threw out the death sentence for the first man condemned under the state's 1995 capital punishment law, saying the law was unconstitutional at the time he was sentenced
- JUNE 5, 2002New YorkDEATH PENALTY
A state senator from New York wants to give people...
A state senator from New York wants to give people the power to decide whether someone who murders them should face the death penalty
- OCTOBER 16, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
Responding to a rash of anthrax scares, Gov
Responding to a rash of anthrax scares, Gov
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
"Capital Punishment in New York State: Statistics from...
"Capital Punishment in New York State: Statistics from Six Years of Representation" - this report by the New York Capital Defender Office provides statistics showing how the death penalty has been implemented in New York since its reinstatement in 1995
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
The New York Legislature convened in a special session...
The New York Legislature convened in a special session where it enacted a broad anti-terrorism law and expanded the scope of the state's death penalty