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U.S. v. Quinones, No. 00 CR 761 (JSR) (S.D.N.Y.) (205 F.Supp.2d 256) (July 1, 2002) (Judge Jed S. Rakoff)

Loaded on June 1, 2002 published in Punch and Jurists June 17, 2002
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Federal Death Penalty Act.

Here Judge Rakoff held that the Federal Death Penalty statute (18 USC § 3591-98) was unconstitutional because it violates due process due to the “undue risk of executing innocent people” - the first judicial ruling to so hold since the statute was enacted.

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