When the judge rendered a sentence on an embezzling bank executive, you could see him up on the bench, going over the sentencing memo submitted by the defense, reviewing the various grounds for mercy: Your Honor, my client has given generously to the Temple Beth Emmanuel.
The jury then rendered a sentence of death.
Six years after an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia claimed the lives of 29 coal miners in the worst disaster of its kind since 1970, a court has rendered a sentence on Massey's former CEO, Don Blankenship -- who was convicted of "conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards". That sentence?
Six years after an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia claimed the lives of 29 coal miners in the worst disaster of its kind since 1970, a court has rendered a sentence on Massey's former CEO, Don Blankenship -- who was convicted of "conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards".
For some, these examples may invoke fear that losing a child could render a death sentence for the parent.
At a previous hearing, Hatter indicated to McTague's attorney, Michael Pancer, that he would render a harsher sentence than federal guidelines recommend because of what Hatter considered the gravity of the crime.
Would you trust AI that couldn't explain itself to render a criminal sentencing opinion on you or a loved one?
He served some time for other charges, but never went down for torture -- a conviction which would have rendered a life sentence.... women continued to throw themselves at Ted Bundy even after he was convicted of killing dozens of them?
"It's unseemly to demand of citizens that they put a fellow citizen to death," he said later in a news conference, adding that a juror's rendering a death sentence is a "uniquely personal" decision.
