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A judge sentenced him to death early this year, even though his jury had unanimously recommended a life sentence. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:00 pm
  This point was driven home yesterday, when the Fourth Circuit remanded a drug sentencing, saying the trial judge “erred by viewing the jury’s drug-quantity determination as precluding the court from finding a higher quantity for sentencing purposes,” so long as the sentence was within the forty-year maximum permitted by the jury’s quantity determination. [read post]
25 Nov 2006, 9:00 pm
In Virginia, if the jury enters a guilty verdict, then the jury will be presented with evidence for rendering a sentencing recommendation. [read post]
16 Jan 2019, 4:11 am by Jon Katz
Judges in a Virginia felony or class 1 misdemeanor Circuit Court jury trial sitting with a jury must first preside over a jury sentencing trial (if the jury convicts) before the judge sets the final sentence. [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 1:52 pm by Jon Katz
Fairfax sentencing -- as with sentencing throughout Virginia -- is by a judge unless a jury has convicted the criminal defendants, and unless the defendant has filed a written election for a jury sentencing at least thirty days before trial. [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 2:14 pm by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
AJC.com: Georgia juries are left in the dark when it comes to punishment [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 2:14 pm by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
AJC.com: Georgia juries are left in the dark when it comes to punishment [read post]
9 Jul 2011, 6:35 am by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
The Japanese quasi-jury and the American Jury: A Comparative Assessment of Juror Questionning and Sentencing Procedures and Cultural Elements in Lay Judicial Participation,  2011 U. [read post]
30 May 2011, 8:26 am by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
Daily Progress: UVa prof: Juries can't escape life-without-parole sentencing Patch.com: Alternate Juror Begs to Be Excused from Komisarjevsky Case Stamford Advocate: The slow pace of justice in Connecticut   Huffington Post: Professional Jurors: Has the Time Come? [read post]
26 Oct 2009, 1:00 am
  Although this article focuses on the state of Virginia where juries not only decide guilt or innocence, but also sentence the defendant, many of the reasons offered for foregoing the jury have general applicability. [read post]
18 Jun 2009, 6:21 am
Among the interesting aspects of this story is that Texas uses jury sentencing even for a non-capital case like this one: Jurors who had deliberated 90 minutes to find Hall guilty took even less time â€â [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 10:00 am
 However, as long as congress enacts minimum mandatory prison sentences, puts the almost exclusive power of waiver of those sentences in the hands on inexperienced prosecutors (don't email me with claptrap about safety valve), criminal jury trials will continue to fall. [read post]
19 Feb 2011, 6:38 am
Ciavarella, a former judge in Pennsylvania's Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas [official website], was implicated in a juvenile sentencing scandal [JURIST news archive] and accused of receiving kickbacks... [read post]
9 Oct 2021, 7:09 pm by Uthman Law Office
Flores moved for a new trial based on evidence the jury considered his sentence in determining the verdict. [read post]
6 Aug 2009, 7:27 pm
ABC Online Japan jury trial jails man for murder NY Times In First Return to Japan Court, Jurors Convict and Sentence Independent Praise for new Japanese jury system Economist Trial by jury in Japan BBC News Japan's landmark jury trial ends [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 7:06 pm
Rodis was sentenced yesterday to serve a prison sentence much shorter than the 200 years that a Louisa County jury recommended. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 2:41 pm by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
Gainesville.com: Florida senators to consider unanimous juries in death cases A Senate committee could begin moving forward Monday with a plan to require unanimous jury recommendations before inmates can be sentenced to death. [read post]
3 Jan 2020, 9:08 am by [email protected]
For almost 30 years he has argued his jury trial was given incorrect instructions and deprived of mitigating evidence that could have instead led the jury to recommend a sentence of life in prison. [read post]
3 Jan 2020, 9:08 am by [email protected]
For almost 30 years he has argued his jury trial was given incorrect instructions and deprived of mitigating evidence that could have instead led the jury to recommend a sentence of life in prison. [read post]