Judicial Override

Two Bills Aim to End Judicial Override in Alabama

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Alabama is the last state in the country to still have judicial override and Tuesday a large group of people gathered at the State House to support legislation that would change that. Judicial override allows judges to override juries’ sentencing recommendations in death penalty cases.  Senator Dick Brewbaker and Representative Chris England are both sponsoring legislation that would end judicial…

Alabama is Last State Standing

Only state that lets judge overrule jurors in death penalty decisions.
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Alabama is now the last state that still allows judges to reject a jury’s recommendation of  life in prison without parole and instead sentence an inmate to be executed. The only other state allowing that was Delaware, and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected that law in August: CBS and AP reported: “The court also said the law is unconstitutional because…