a man who had been sentenced to death has been resentenced to life...
a man who had been sentenced to death has been resentenced to life in prison after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling vacated his original sentence, Assistant 11th Circuit Solicitor Dayton Riddle said.
1 MIN READ
a man who had been sentenced to death has been resentenced to life in prison after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling vacated his original sentence, Assistant 11th Circuit Solicitor Dayton Riddle said.
Ted Benjamin Powers was sentenced to die for the Sept. 8, 1990 death of Yeoman Senn.
Powers was 16 at the time of the murder. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on march 1 2005 last year that capital punishment for people younger than 17 is unconstitutional.
Ted Benjamin Powers was sentenced to die for the Sept. 8, 1990 death of Yeoman Senn.
Powers was 16 at the time of the murder. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on march 1 2005 last year that capital punishment for people younger than 17 is unconstitutional.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: The State, 19/01/2006)
KEEP READING
ALL THE NEWS · DEATH PENALTY On the same front
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
Pakistan: ASI sentenced to death for killing two brothers in Swabi
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
Bangladesh: HC confirms death sentence of lone accused for rape, murder of 8-year-old Asiya
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 30, 2026
Pakistan: Man sentenced to death, brother gets life term for double murder in 2021
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 23, 2026
Eastern Libya executes 10 convicted on terrorism charges
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 21, 2026
Japan: man executed over killing 5 people
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 15, 2026