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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1990
Page
3
In St Paul Minnesota hundreds of pro choice activists taunted a small group outside the Capitol as lawmakers debated a bill drafted by the National Right to Life Committee. The measure would ban abortions for birth control reasons and is touted as the toughest enforceable anti abortion law, potentially prohibiting about 93 percent of state abortions.
The Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote upholds Pennsylvania's death penalty system despite mandatory aspects, allowing death as the only punishment in certain murder cases while preserving judges and juries discretion for aggravating and mitigating factors. The decision potentially shields similar laws in 13 states from being struck down.
The Pennsylvania case challenges a death penalty statute with mandatory aspects. Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist writes that death is not automatically imposed, while dissenters argue juries should decide aggravating factors. Plaintiff Blystone was convicted for the 1983 murder of hitchhiker Dalton Smithburger Jr. in Fayette County.
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