A possible death penalty sentence has become a central issue in the federal trial of accused Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Massachusetts, which abolished the death penalty in 1984, is one of 18 states that have ended capital punishment. But the federal death penalty is legal in all 50 states. With us to discuss the various aspects of trying a federal capital case in a state that has outlawed the death penalty are Donald Caster, an attorney with the University of Cincinnati College of Law Ohio Innocence Project; Michael Mannheimer, NKU Chase College of Law professor and associate dean for Faculty Development; and, David Hoose, attorney with the law firm of Sasson, Turnbull, Ryan & Hoose in Massachusetts.
Federal capital cases in non-death penalty states
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The federal death penalty is legal in all 50 states.
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Donald Caster
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Michael Mannheimer
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David Hoose
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