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Feds v. States: Who Decides Death Penalty Fight

Feds v. States: Who Decides Death Penalty Fight

By Bruce Reilly on June 14, 2012

Can the Feds order a state to execute a man?  This is the question that the Supreme Court may ultimately answer regarding Jason Pleau, arrested last year for killing a man during a robbery.  What appeared to be a routine case in Rhode Island, a state of one million people that averages about 30 murders [...]

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