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54,387 ARTICLES · 1998—2026The news from the three battles.
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- JANUARY 1, 1999IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Idaho has had only one execution since the death penalty...
Idaho has had only one execution since the death penalty was reinstated and that was of an inmate who waived his appeals
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Alabama does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Alabama does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama, which had one of the lowest rates of pay...
Alabama, which had one of the lowest rates of pay for death penalty attorneys, passed legislation which will modestly increase the rate of compensation for attorneys representing indigent criminal defendants and removed the $2,000 limit which had been imp
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In January, outgoing Governor Fob James commuted the...
In January, outgoing Governor Fob James commuted the death sentence of Judith Ann Neelley who as America's longest-serving female death row prisoner had actually been on death row for nearly 16 years
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Arizona does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Arizona does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
A bill to eliminate the death penalty for those with...
A bill to eliminate the death penalty for those with mental retardation was introduced, but did not pass
- JANUARY 1, 1999GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Governor Mike Huckabee commuted the death sentence...
Governor Mike Huckabee commuted the death sentence of Bobby Ray Fretwell to a sentence of life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
California does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
California does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Arizona executed two German citizens, Karl and Walter...
Arizona executed two German citizens, Karl and Walter LaGrand, Karl on February 24 and Walter on March 3, for killing a bank manager in Arizona in 1982
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Arkansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Arkansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders