High Court Strikes Another Blow Against Death Penalty
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday threw out yet another sentence for a Death Row inmate, issuing a warning to state courts in a 17-year-old Pennsylvania case that shoddy defense work wouldn't be tolerated.The justices have been particularly active in death penalty issues this session, making it unlawful to execute juveniles, scolding prosecutors for stacking a jury on racial lines and ruling it was unconstitutional to force defendants to appear before juries in chains during a trial's penalty phase.
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