U.S. v. Quinones, No. 02-1403(L) (2nd Cir.) (313 F.3d 49) (December 10, 2002) (Judge Jose A. Cabranes)
Earlier this year, Judge Rakoff of the S.D.N.Y. issued two landmark decisions in which he held that the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 (18 U.S.C. §§ 3591-3598) (FDPA) was facially unconstitutional. First, in U.S. v. Quiones, 196 F.Supp.2d 416 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) (“Quinones I”), he declared his tentative decision to ...
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