Entries by Jeti Edwards
News
Aug 18, 2026
Article of Interest: Law Review Article Examines How the Federal Death Penalty Reflects National Death Penalty Trends
In her February 2026 article published by the Georgia State University Law Review, University of the District of Columbia Law Professor Ngozi Ndulue argues that recent trends have shifted the federal death penalty “from being a laggard to being a leader in national death penalty trends.” Written before the most recent changes to federal death penalty policy by the Trump administration were implemented, her article highlights how federal death penalty cases, though numerically few, mirror…
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Jul 29, 2026
What to Know: Sentencing Practices and the Death Penalty
Why it matters: State laws permitting judges to override jury decisions and the imposition of death sentences based on non-unanimous jury verdicts have contributed to Alabama and Florida’s high death sentencing rates — with nearly 20% of Alabama’s death-sentenced population on death row because of judicial override. Between 1976 and 2017, elected Alabama judges overrode jury sentencing decisions 112 times. In 91% of those cases, judges overruled jury decisions of life to impose death sentences.
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