Delaware's Death Penalty Put On Hold

HuffPost Politics

Feb 1, 2016

     A Superior Court judge in Delaware has ordered a halt to the death penalty in the state.
Judge Jan Jurden's Monday's order puts the state's 39 currently pending capital murder cases on hold until the state Supreme Court determines the constitutionality of Delaware's death penalty scheme.
     Jurden's order comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Hurst v. Florida that allowing judges instead of juries to impose death sentences violates the Sixth Amendment. Delaware and Alabama both have death sentencing schemes similar to Florida.

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