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- 6. forgiveness for the crime committed that stops further criminal processing.
- 7. review in which the appellate court compares the sentence in the case it is reviewing with penalties imposed in similar cases in the state.
- 8. reductions in sentences, granted by a state's governor.
- 10. the court ruled that rape of a child when the victim was not killed did not warrant death.
- 11. in death sentencing, facts of situations that increase the blameworthiness for a criminal act.
- 13. a two-stage trial consisting of a guilt phase and a separate penalty phase.
- 14. court held that the capital punishment statutes in three cases were unconstitutional because it gave the jury complete discretion to decide whether to impose the death penalty or a lesser punishment for capital cases.
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- 1. decriptions of the harm and suffering that a crime has caused victims and their survivors.
- 2. in death sentencing, facts or situations that do not justify or excuse a criminal act but reduce the degree of blameworthiness and thus may reduce the punishment.
- 3. the procedure at a sentencing hearing in which the convicted defendant has the right to address the court before the sentence is imposed.
- 4. reports used to help judges determine the appropriate sentence.
- 5. limited capital punishment to offenders who are 18 years of age or older at the time of their offenses.
- 9. this decision caused the resumption of executions on January 17, 1977.
- 12. court held that it cruel and unusual punishment to execute the intellectually challenged.