New York Gov. Pataki yesterday proposed legislation to strengthen the state's 1995 death penalty statute by allowing victim-impact testimony and creating two new categories of capital crimes. The proposal would also cure a constitutional defect that led New York's highest court last December to sharply curtail the circumstances under which capital defendants can negotiate plea bargains. The changes would tighten sentencing in capital cases as well.
May 12, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Governor Pataki yesterday proposed legislation to strengthen the state’s 1995 death penalty statute by allowing victim-impact testimony and creating two new categories of capital crimes.
The Governor’s proposal would also cure a constitutional defect that led the New York Court of Appeals last December in Hynes v. Tomei, to sharply curtail the circumstances under which capital defendants can negotiate plea bargains.
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