Delaware SC invalidates death penalty

On the grounds that a judge’s power to find the existence of any aggravating circumstance, thus rendering the defendant death eligible, undermines the jury’s role in capital sentencing, as prescribed by the 6th Amendment.

via Buzzfeed

 

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