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Oct 14, 2004

EDITORIAL: Examine the systemic problems in the death penalty before reinstating it in NY

New York’s death penal­ty remains in abeyance, hav­ing been found uncon­sti­tu­tion­al by the state’s high court. A recent N.Y. Newsday edi­to­r­i­al called on law­mak­ers to care­ful­ly exam­ine the fun­da­men­tal prob­lems with the death penal­ty before con­sid­er­ing any rein­state­ment leg­is­la­tion. The edi­to­r­i­al not­ed: On the steps of New York City Hall on Thursday, a coali­tion of death penal­ty oppo­nents — promi­nent­ly includ­ing City Council Speaker Gifford Miller and for­mer guber­na­to­r­i­al can­di­date Andrew Cuomo -…

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Oct 14, 2004

Newspapers, Opinion Leaders Call for End to Juvenile Death Penalty

As the Supreme Court heard argu­ments in the case of Roper v. Simmons on October 13, news­pa­pers through­out the coun­try fea­tured edi­to­ri­als and opin­ion pieces call­ing on the U.S. to aban­don the prac­tice of exe­cut­ing juve­nile offenders:The New York Times When the Supreme Court con­sid­ers an Eighth Amendment chal­lenge, it looks to ​“evolv­ing stan­dards of decen­cy” — and there has been a steady move­ment nation­al­ly away from the juve­nile death penal­ty. In the 15 years since the Supreme Court…

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