Death penalty declared "constitutional in Delaware
February 2, 2010
Dover, Delaware: The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday, February 1, that the state of Delaware can lift its stays on executions that have been in place since 2006. The debate was started by inmates on death row who challenged whether or not the state met constitutional execution requirements based on past mistakes by the state in hadle executions. The court did, however, affirm some of the inmates worries by warning the state that the court expect an improvement in the way they handle death row punishments.[1][2]
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