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- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Montana passed legislation raising the minimum age...
Montana passed legislation raising the minimum age for the death penalty to 18, becoming the fifteenth state to eliminate capital punishment for juvenile offenders, in addition to the 12 states with no death penalty
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Nevada forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Nevada forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
The overwhelming majority of defendants prosecuted...
The overwhelming majority of defendants prosecuted under the federal death penalty statutes have been members of racial minorities
- JANUARY 1, 1999New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
New Mexico has had no executions since its death penalty...
New Mexico has had no executions since its death penalty was reinstated in 1979
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Ohio does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Ohio does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
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Oklahoma does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Oklahoma does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Bills to establish a statewide moratorium, to eliminate...
Bills to establish a statewide moratorium, to eliminate the death penalty for those with mental retardation, and to establish a racial justice act were defeated
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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
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A bill to abolish the death penalty was defeated in...
A bill to abolish the death penalty was defeated in June, as was a bill to reduce the number of peremptory challenges (removing prospective jurors without providing a reason) in criminal cases
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A Star-Ledger/Eagleton poll released in October found...
A Star-Ledger/Eagleton poll released in October found that 63% of New Jersey residents favor the death penalty for persons convicted of murder
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Bills to abolish the death penalty, to lower the age...
Bills to abolish the death penalty, to lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 17, to broaden the crimes for which death could be imposed, to curtail appeals, to allow victim impact statements and other changes in the trial procedures, and to eliminate li
- JANUARY 1, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Support for the death penalty for convicted murderers...
Support for the death penalty for convicted murderers in North Carolina is at 65%, its lowest since 1984, according to a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill statewide poll
- JANUARY 1, 1999New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York's death penalty was reinstated on September 1, 1995
New York's death penalty was reinstated on September 1, 1995
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
A bill to allow evidence at sentencing that the death...
A bill to allow evidence at sentencing that the death penalty was being imposed in a demographically disparate manner was considered but not passed
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Almost half the men on Ohio's death row are black,...
Almost half the men on Ohio's death row are black, yet blacks make up just 9% of the state's population
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Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999OhioDEATH PENALTY
Sixty-eight percent of Ohioans reported that the likelihood...
Sixty-eight percent of Ohioans reported that the likelihood of an innocent person being wrongly convicted and executed was either somewhat likely or very likely
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West Virginia does not have the death penalty, having...
West Virginia does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1965
- JANUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In January, the Nanyang Intermediate People's Court...
In January, the Nanyang Intermediate People's Court sentenced Guo Haijun to death for stealing 31 cultural relics from Nanyang City Museum in 1997
- JANUARY 1, 1999OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
DNA tests this year helped free two Oklahomans who...
DNA tests this year helped free two Oklahomans who had been convicted of murder
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The federal death penalty forbids the execution of...
The federal death penalty forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders, and has life without parole
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Bills to restrict the death penalty for mentally retarded...
Bills to restrict the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants and when evidence of racial discrimination can be shown were introduced but not passed in Oregon
- JANUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In January, in a drive to close huge loopholes in the...
In January, in a drive to close huge loopholes in the country's tax system, Vice Premier Li Lanqing was quoted as saying that China would enforce stiff penalties for tax evasion, including the death penalty
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Pennsylvania is the only state in the Northeastern...
Pennsylvania is the only state in the Northeastern United States to have an execution since the death penalty was reinstated
- JANUARY 1, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld its...
In January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld its decision to strike a state law that would curtail appeals by death-row inmates
- JANUARY 1, 1999Rhode IslandDEATH PENALTY
Rhode Island does not have the death penalty
Rhode Island does not have the death penalty
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One of the most recent inmates to be freed from death...
One of the most recent inmates to be freed from death row is from South Carolina
- JANUARY 1, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Over two-thirds of those on Pennsylvania's death row...
Over two-thirds of those on Pennsylvania's death row are members of minorities
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
A bill to amend the state's constitution to allow...
A bill to amend the state's constitution to allow a death sentence even if only 10 out of 12 members of the jury voted in favor of it did not pass