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When families of murder victims speak at death penalty trials, their anguish may make sentencing less fair

  • Written by Austin Sarat, Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty and Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
When families of murder victims speak at death penalty trials, their anguish may make sentencing less fairFour of the 10 federal prisoners executed this year: Wesley Purkey, killed July 16; Dustin Honken, killed July 17; Brandon Bernard, killed Dec. 10; and Alfred Bourgeois, killed Dec. 11. In some cases, survivors of their victims addressed the court.AP Photo

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