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- 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
- JUNE 26, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
In 2001 and 2002 bills were put forward for the abolition...
In 2001 and 2002 bills were put forward for the abolition of the death penalty and for a seven year moratorium on executions
- 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
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal...
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal prosecutors in New York and Connecticut to seek the death penalty in a dozen cases in which they had recommended lesser sentences
- JANUARY 1, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and prohibits the execution of juveniles by requiring that the offender be "more than 18" at the time of the crime
- 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
- JANUARY 1, 2002New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded,...
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded, except for murders by prisoners, and prohibits the execution of juveniles by requiring that the offender be "more than 18" at the time of the crime
- 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