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How is the death penalty protected?

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Anonymous

18y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

If by "protected" it is meant what options does the person who is sentenced to death have, all such sentencing is immediately subject to appeal. In the US all convicted persons who receive the death sentence can file an appeal as many times as is permitted by the highest state appellate court and/or the US Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court has also ruled that any law that automatically imposes the death penalty is unconstitutional. In the US voters decide whether or not to allow capital punishment. The federal government institutes the death penalty when specified crimes such as the killing of a federal law enforcement officer are committed.

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18y ago

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