Hey it's ProDP I keep hearing on the news of Judges in some states (CT, SC, IN) setting execution dates at sentencing, why do they do this?
Thanks,
ProDP
Hey it's ProDP I keep hearing on the news of Judges in some states (CT, SC, IN) setting execution dates at sentencing, why do they do this?
Thanks,
ProDP
Someone will have a fuller answer, but the Cliff Note version is that a date is needed to set in motion the appeals process.
First off thanks schmutz and I like the Cliff Note analogy
Generally this only happens in states where death warrants issue at the trial court level and there is no mandatory direct appeal and/or PCR stage. In states which follow alternative systems the fixing of an execution date when passing sentence is (for obvious reasons) procedurally barred.
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