From: davidc@wa-wd.com   
      
   On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:53:59 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >I guess I'm surprised that murder with intent and premeditation   
   >isn't death penalty eligible without additonal aggravating factors.   
      
   Aggravating factors are a required element of the offense of capital   
   murder everywhere in the U.S. That goes back to the Supreme Court's   
   decision in Furman v. Georgia (1972) that the death penalty is   
   unconstitutional if it is imposed too inconsistently and arbitrarily.   
      
   David Carson   
      
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