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brooklynite

(93,880 posts)
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 12:47 PM Jul 2021

Death penalty still an option for NYC federal prosecutors despite Attorney General's moratorium

Source: New York Daily News

A moratorium on the death penalty will not stop federal prosecutors from pursuing capital punishment on a case by case basis, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn said Wednesday.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said on July 1, that all federal executions would be halted as the death penalty procedure is reviewed.

A Brooklyn judge asked federal prosecutors how the decision will impact a Queens case where 12 members of the 18th Street Gang are accused of three murders between 2016 and 2018.

“The Memorandum [from Garland] has no effect on the status of this case,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Lax wrote in court papers.




Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-brooklyn-federal-prosecutors-death-penalty-merrick-garland-20210714-knmeenkqffau3pxzez5mguh6wu-story.html
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Death penalty still an option for NYC federal prosecutors despite Attorney General's moratorium (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2021 OP
That's because there isn't a moratorium on the death penalty FBaggins Jul 2021 #1
Thanks for clarifying, elleng Jul 2021 #2
Rethugs are just interested in death. Nothing else. clementine613 Jul 2021 #3
What does this have to do with Republicans? brooklynite Jul 2021 #4
Do you think there are no Rethug prosecutors in New York? clementine613 Jul 2021 #5
Giuliani was a US Attorney appointed by a Republican President... brooklynite Jul 2021 #6

FBaggins

(26,697 posts)
1. That's because there isn't a moratorium on the death penalty
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 12:52 PM
Jul 2021

The moratorium was on scheduling new executions while the policy is reviewed.

clementine613

(561 posts)
5. Do you think there are no Rethug prosecutors in New York?
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 03:28 PM
Jul 2021

Guiliani, the guy who did nothing to stop 3000 New Yorkers from dying on his watch, was a Rethug prosecutor in New York.

brooklynite

(93,880 posts)
6. Giuliani was a US Attorney appointed by a Republican President...
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 03:43 PM
Jul 2021

Last time I checked, Joe Biden was President, and Mark Lesco (a Democrat) was Acting US Attorney. Individual prosecutors (Asst. USAs) don't set their own policies on Capital cases.

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