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Matthew_C1314 t1_j07igwu wrote

Reply to comment by Darknessie in Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences by Slavic_Dusa

Just flip on fox news. It should be raging about this in about an hour. I think the argument will be "The governor does not have the authority to throw out jury decisions".

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Jumpy-Win5810 t1_j09gnq9 wrote

is the Jury doing the sentencing or is that a judge?

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Matthew_C1314 t1_j0a66c5 wrote

Depending on the state, the jury’s may need to unanimously agree for a death sentence.

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