Death-Row Exonerations — Cases Involving Non-Unanimous Jury Sentencing Votes or Judicial Override of Jury Votes for Life
Death penalty laws that perÂmit judges to sentence a defendant to death even when jurors in the case have voted for life creÂate a heightÂened risk that an innoÂcent perÂson will be wrongÂfulÂly conÂvictÂed and senÂtenced to death. Twenty-three death-row exonerations in Florida, five in Alabama, and one in Delaware have come in cases in […]