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George Samir Helmy (born October 27, 1979) [2] [3] is an American politician who served as a United States senator from New Jersey from August to December 2024. A member of the Democratic Party , he was appointed by governor Phil Murphy after Senator Bob Menendez resigned.
Racial and ethnic disparities in the employment of the death sentence have been significant in scope over the long arc of American history. The main cause is due to the pervasive societal prejudice in southern counties. More than twice as many people were put to death in the South between 1866 and 1945 as there were in the Northeast. [25]
McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case, in which the death sentence of Warren McCleskey for armed robbery and murder was upheld. The Court said the "racially disproportionate impact" in the Georgia death penalty indicated by a comprehensive scientific study was not enough to mitigate a death penalty determination without showing a "racially discriminatory ...
If we must have the death penalty, we have to deal with the “race and victim effect.” Treating cases equally is what a democracy must stand for. Show comments
“This was a crime against a race of people," Michael ... The Department of Defense under Biden has moved to scuttle plea deals that would prevent a death penalty case against the alleged 9/11 ...
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Harris, 465 U.S. 37 (1984) — A state appellate court, before it affirms a death sentence, is not required to compare the sentence in the case before it with the penalties imposed in similar cases if requested to do so by the prisoner. Whitmore v. Arkansas, 495 U.S. 149 (1990) — Mandatory appellate review is not required in death penalty cases.
The Alameda County District Attorney's office was ordered by a federal judge to review more than 30 death penalty cases after Black and Jewish jurors were purposefully excluded in the conviction ...