According to the second paragraph of Article 287, the penalty of unjust vexation is up to the states. What is considered unjust vexation is also left up to the states as well.
Casey Anthony could have faced the death penalty if found guilty. However, she was found not guilty by a jury on July 5, 2011.
Some people who had been killed using the death penalty have been found not guilty after the fact.
If the defendant was found guilty of a death-penalty crime and that is the method of execution in that jurisdiction, yes.
Arias was found guilty by the jury May 8, 2013. The next phase is penalty.
After being sent to the chain gang, he is found guilty and receives death penalty.
In order to be eligible for the death penalty in the state of Illinois a person must be found guilty of capital murder which means aggrivated circumstances, or the intent of the killer.
He was tried in absentia at the Nuremburg Trials and found guilty of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, which carried the death penalty.
Arias was found guilty of first degree murder and is eligible for the death penalty in Arizona.
The penalty can vary from state to state, and is also dependant on how much the damages were. The crime can prosecutied as a misdemeanor or a felony. The guilty party could receive jail time.
Yes. The United States Supreme Court case of Gregg v. Georgia in 1976 ruled that the death penalty is not cruel and unusual and creates a bifurcated death penalty trial system. The first trial is set up to find out if the defendant is guilty or innocent. In the second trial if found guilty the jury decides whether or not the defendant deserves the death penalty or not.
No. He was found not guilty
Jose Rizal, a Filipino nationalist and writer, was accused of rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy against the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines. He was found guilty and sentenced to death by firing squad in 1896. Many believe that his conviction was unjust and that he was a martyr for the Philippine independence movement.