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In a statement read on her behalf immediately before sentencing, she described suffering "flashbacks".

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

In politics former Conservative MP David Gauke is knighted for services to the justice system after carrying out an independent review of sentencing.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The court heard Malik arrived in the UK less than 12 months before the attack, and the sentencing hearing was told his case has not yet been considered.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Borrowing language from an earlier case, Justice William Douglas argued that giving “untrammeled discretion” to the judge or jury to make sentencing decisions in capital cases was “offensive to … the Constitution.”

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Tennessee and upheld the rights of states to present evidence about the character of the victim in a capital sentencing trial.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson