U.S. v. QUINONES

No. S3 00 CR. 761(JSR).

196 F.Supp.2d 416 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Alan QUINONES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Ginsberg, Freeman Nooter & Ginsberg, New York, NY, Kevin McNally, Frankfort, KY, for Alan Quinones.

David B. Anders, Assist. U.S. Atty., Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty., New York, NY, for U.S.


OPINION AND ORDER

RAKOFF, District Judge.

The Federal Death Penalty Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3591-3598, serves deterrent and retributive functions, or so Congress could reasonably have concluded when it passed the Act in 1994. But despite the important goals, and undoubted popularity, of this federal act and similar state statutes, legislatures and courts have always been queasy about the possibility that an innocent person, mistakenly convicted...

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