http://www.scotusblog.com/2005/11/an-advantage-for-moussaoui/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.scotusblog.com/2005/11/an-advantage-for-moussaoui/#comment-8335 Kent Scheidegger Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:30:26 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/an-advantage-for-moussaoui/#comment-8335 Separating the "threshold" determination from other aspects of eligibility for the death penalty (i.e., statutory aggravating factors) is bizarre. It will be interesting to see if the government appeals this order. In any event, this illustrates once again the need to amend the federal death penalty statute to more cleanly separate eligibility and selection in the post-Ring world. Separating the “threshold” determination from other aspects of eligibility for the death penalty (i.e., statutory aggravating factors) is bizarre. It will be interesting to see if the government appeals this order. In any event, this illustrates once again the need to amend the federal death penalty statute to more cleanly separate eligibility and selection in the post-Ring world.

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