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A1
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1. Purpose |
A1
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2. Issues for Consideration |
A1
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3. Discussions and Subcommittee Recommendations |
A2
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a) Mental Retardation |
A2
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b) Minimum Age for Capital Punishment |
A2
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c) Aggravating Factors in Arizona Law and Defining Eligibility for Capital Punishment |
A3
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d) Selection of Capital Cases by Prosecutors and Defense Input |
A3
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e) Residual Doubt in Sentencing |
A4
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f) Competency to be Executed |
A4
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g) Notice of Seeking Death Penalty Under Ariz. R. Crim. P. 15.1(g) |
A5
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| B. Trial Issues Subcommittee |
B1
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| 1. Purpose |
B1
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| 2. Issues for Consideration |
B1
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| 3. Discussions and Recommendations |
B2
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| a) Competence of Counsel |
B2
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| b) Notice of Seeking Death Penalty Under Ariz. R. Crim. P. 15.1(g) |
B4
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| c) Aggravation/Mitigation and Sentencing Hearings in Capital Cases |
B5
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| d) The Use of Mitigation Specialists and Standards for Mitigation Specialists |
B8
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| e) Audio or Video Recording of Interrogations |
B9
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| f) Jury Deliberations in Criminal Trials before Evidence is Closed |
B9
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| g) Race as a Factor in Selecting Death Penalty Cases |
B9
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| h) Other Issues |
B9
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| C. Direct Appeal/Post-Conviction Relief Subcommittee |
C1
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| 1. Purpose |
C1
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| 2. Issues for Consideration |
C1
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| 3. Discussion and Recommendations |
C2
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| a) Statewide Appellate and Trial Indigent Defense |
C2
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| b) Prolonged Time Intervals in Direct Appeal Proceedings |
C3
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| c) Prolonged Time Intervals in Post-Conviction Relief Proceedings |
C8
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| d) Proposed Reforms in Ariz. R. Crim. P. 31 and 32 |
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| D. Reforms Recommended by the Commission |
D1
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| 1. Capital Litigation Resources, S.B. 1486 |
D1
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| 2. Notices of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty; Proposal to Amend Ariz. R. Crim. P. 15.1(g) |
D11
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| 3. Jury Deliberation in Capital Cases; Opposition to the Proposed Amendment to Ariz. R. Crim. P. 19.4 |
D11
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| 4. Execution of the Mentally Retarded |
D15
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| 5. Proposed Amendment of the Aggravating Factor When a Peace Officer is Murdered; A.R.S. § 13-703(F)(10) |
D24
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| 6. Selection of Capital Cases By Prosecutors and Defense Input |
D25
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| 7. Competence to be Executed |
D25
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| 8. Competence of Defense Counsel |
D25
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| 9. Aggravation/Mitigation and Sentencing Hearings, and Victim Impact Evidence in Capital Cases; Proposalto Amend Ariz. R. Crim. P. 26.3 |
D25
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D33
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| 12. The Prolonged Time Intervals in Post-ConvictionRelief Proceedings |
D34
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| 13. Audio or Video Recording of Interviews |
D35
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D35
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| E. Capital Case Commission Members' Biographies |
E1
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| F. Bibliography |
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