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Judicial override in Alabama: a singular example in death sentencing

Judge Override from the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama is alone among the 34 states that have the death penalty in allowing judges, largely through their sole discretion, to override jury verdicts of life imprisonment and impose a sentence of death.

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Published in:Judicature 2011-07, Vol.95 (1), p.49
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