There are no slam-dunk death penalty cases anymore.
, Patton did so by “showing childhood photographs and presenting testimony from several relatives, including his father, uncle, two sisters and a grandfather, in addition to his mother.”Saipov’s mother testified that she had been worried about her son for a long time, and that when she visited him in early 2017, he “looked tired. His eyes were tired. I thought it would be great if he left and he came to Tashkent [Uzbekistan].
In a heartbreaking moment, she blamed herself for what her son did. “If I insisted him to come with me,” she testified, “maybe this wouldn’t happen.”But the key to Patton’s defense was his open embrace of the harshness and severity of a life-without-parole sentence.
“The width of the room,” he said, “is the length of the bed, and “Mr. Saipov’s life will be regulated to the nth degree.”Here Patton tapped into one of the most important facts about the death penalty in America today: thatfound that “60% of Americans asked to choose whether the death penalty or life without possibility of parole ‘is the better penalty for murder’ chose the life-sentencing option. 36% favored the death penalty.”
Gallup reports that between 2014, when it initially asked the question, and 2019, “All key subgroups show increased preferences for life imprisonment. This includes increases of 19 points among Democrats, 16 points among independents, and 10 points among Republicans.”
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