What makes this a difficult case is the challenge of giving substantive content to the concept of criminal culpability. [and] on his culpability." The judge found three statutory aggravating factors: (1) the Tisons had created a grave risk of death to others (not the victims); (2) the murders had been committed for pecuniary gain; The judge found no statutory mitigating factor. This Court, citing the weight of legislative and community opinion, found a broad societal consensus, with which it agreed, that the death penalty was disproportional to the crime of robbery-felony murder "in these circumstances." Were this not so, the language would be empty and a return to the rack and other tortures would be possible in a given case." 13-452 (1956) (repealed 1978), and that each participant in the kidnaping or robbery is legally responsible for the acts of his accomplices. Influential commentators and some States have approved the use of the death penalty for persons, like those given in the Court's examples, who kill others in circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life.8 Thus an exception to the requirement that only intentional murders be punished with death might be made for persons who actually commit an act of homicide; Enmund, by distinguishing from the accomplice case "those who kill," clearly reserved that question. The State then individually tried each of the petitioners for capital murder of the four victims as well as for the associated crimes of armed robbery, kidnaping, and car theft. 3368, 73 L.Ed.2d 1140 (1982); Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584, 97 S.Ct. to us," ante, at 151, is improper.5 By limiting itself to the facts the lower court found relevant to the foreseeability standard, this Court insulates itself from other evidence in the record directly relevant to the new standard articulated today. as equivalent to purposeful and knowing killing." All but 16 of these were physically present at the scene of the murder and of these only 3, including Enmund, were sentenced to death in the absence of a finding that they had collaborated in a scheme designed to kill. Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. 16-11-103(5)(d) (1978 and Supp.1985); Ind.Code 35-50-2-9(c)(4) (Supp.1986); Mont.Code Ann. . App. Eight people, including Gary Tison and his oldest son, died in the statewide crime spree. Raymond, Ricky, and Greenawalt were quickly caught, but Gary Tison escaped into the desert. 2. After his capture, appellant made statements describing the prison breakout and subsequent activities, including the four murders. 398, 83 L.Ed.2d 332 (1984); State v. Harding, 141 Ariz. 492, 687 P.2d 1247 (1984) (defendant killed victim); State v. Libberton, 141 Ariz. 132, 685 P.2d 1284 (1984) (defendant killed victim); State v. Jordan, 137 Ariz. 504, 672 P.2d 169 (1983) (defendant killed and intended to kill); State v. Smith, 138 Ariz. 79, 673 P.2d 17 (1983) (defendant killed and intended to kill), cert. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972). This entailed their bringing a cache of weapons to prison . Ricky claimed to have a somewhat better view than Raymond did of the actual killing. Greenawalt drew an X on the door near the head of the sleeping trucker, then fired a shot through the door. Rawlinson died in 1997. Because the proportionality inquiry in this case overlooked evidence and considerations essential to such an inquiry, it is not surprising that the result appears incongruous. Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 345, 92 S.Ct. They begged for their lives, Give us some waterjust leave us here and you all go home. But the fugitives were not willing to make a deal. In Furman v. Georgia, supra, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. While the Court states that petitioners were on the scene during the shooting and that they watched it occur, Raymond stated that he and Ricky were still engaged in repacking the Mazda after finding the water jug when the shootings occurred. Read Yuma Sun Newspaper Archives, Jun 10, 2020, p. 2 with family history and genealogy records from yuma, arizona 1914-2022. When his wife came to visit,Tison escaped from the visiting room. For example, we do not doubt that there are some felonies as to which one could properly conclude that any major participant necessarily exhibits reckless indifference to the value of human life. . 1774, 84 L.Ed.2d 834 (1985). Since I would hold that death may not be inflicted for killings consistent with the Eighth Amendment without a finding that the defendant engaged in conduct with the conscious purpose of producing death, these sentences must be set aside." Oct. 18, 1984. Six innocent people died at the hands of the Tison Gang. . He was located in the low-security Trusty Unit. 76-5-202(1) (Supp.1986); Va.Code 18.2-31 (Supp.1986). That difference was also related to the second purpose of capital punishment, retribution. If it does not so contribute, it " 'is nothing more than the purposeless and needless imposition of pain and suffering' and hence an unconstitutional punishment." . three sons, Donald age 20, Ricky, 19, and Raymond 18 came to visit. William J. Schafer, III, Phoenix, Ariz., for respondent. (3) each had been convicted of the murders under the felony-murder rule. 13-1105(A)(2), (B) (Supp.1986). The two remaining Tison sons remain in the Arizona State prison at Florence. 19, 371 N.E.2d 1072 (1977). All records are subject to change and, while every effort is made to ensure the information available is current and accurate, it may contain errors. Packer, Making the Punishment Fit the Crime, 77 Harv.L.Rev. November 03, 2018 11:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time. . The Lyons family was forced into the backseat of the Lincoln. Ark.Stat.Ann. The Arizona Supreme Court then held, by a vote of 3-2, that this finding was sufficient to establish that petitioners "intended" (within the meaning of Enmund ) to kill the Lyons family, and affirmed the death sentences. 1759, 64 L.Ed.2d 398 (1980). 2502(a), (b), (d), 1102 (1982) (death penalty reserved for those who commit an intentional killing); Vt. Stat. . For example, while the Court has found that petitioners made no effort prior to the shooting to assist the victims, the uncontradicted statements of both petitioners are that just prior to the shootings they were attempting to find a jug of water to give to the family. As Professor Packer observed, under a theory of deterrence the state may justify such punishments as "boiling people in oil; a slow and painful death may be thought more of a deterrent to crime than a quick and painless one." The Arizona Supreme Court did not attempt to argue that the facts of this case supported an inference of "intent" in the traditional sense. Ricky Wayne TISON, Appellant. During the shootout, Donald Tison died and Randy Greenawalt, Ricky Tison and Raymond Tison were captured. Rick and Raymond and Greenawalt were captured. 77, 84, 656 S.W.2d 684, 687 (1983) ("There was direct evidence from more than one source that appellants had discussed among themselves the necessity of murder if they met resistance" and evidence that victim "was immediately attacked by appellants, sustaining blows to his head and face from the metal chain and a mortal wound to the chest"), cert. The discrepancy between those aspects of the record on which the Court has chosen to focus and those aspects it has chosen to ignore underscores the point that a reliable and individualized Enmund determination can be made only by the trial court following an evidentiary hearing. This Court denied the Tisons' petition for certiorari. 869, 71 L.Ed.2d 1 (1982) (adopting position of Lockett plurality). Id., at 801, 102 S.Ct., at 3378. did not plot in advance that these homicides would take place, or . But if the case is that the whole proceeding is a maskthat counsel, jury, and judge were swept to the fatal end by an irresistible wave of public passion, and that the State Courts failed to correct the wrong, neither perfection in the machinery for correction nor the possibility that the trial court and counsel saw no other way of avoiding an immediate outbreak of the mob can prevent this Court from securing to the petitioners their constitutional rights." (emphasis added). Notwithstanding the Court's unwarranted observations on the applicability of its new standard to this case, the basic flaw in today's decision is the Court's failure to conduct the sort of proportionality analysis that the Constitution and past cases require. Enmund does not specifically address this point. In other words, the Court must demonstrate that major participation in a felony with a state of mind of reckless indifference to human life deserves the same punishment as intending to commit a murder or actually committing a murder. They argued that Enmund prevented the State from imposing the death sentence because they, like Enmund, were accomplices to a felony in which killings occurred that they neither committed nor intended to commit. Nouvelle rgle 2020 Carte de France 2020. Arizonas most notorious death row inmates past and present have incredible stories, including this one that launched the state's largest manhunt. Ibid. E.g., Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 667, 82 S.Ct. Of 739 death row inmates, only 41 did not participate in the fatal assault. When they refused to do so, the bargain was rescinded and they were tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. Tisons terrorized state 25 years ago Citizen file photos He was soon recaptured, finished his sentence and was paroled. The evidence in the record overlooked today regarding petitioners' mental states with respect to the shootings is not trivial. 3368, 73 L.Ed.2d 1140 (1982), and, therefore, vacate the judgments below and remand the case for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. . These facts not only indicate that the Tison brothers' participation in the crime was anything but minor; they also would clearly support a finding that they both subjectively appreciated that their acts were likely to result in the taking of innocent life. Physical evidence suggested that Theresa Tyson managed to crawl away from the bloodbath, severely injured. 1766, pp. Following sensational and much-publicized trials, Raymond and Ricky Tison were convicted of four counts of first-degree murder and various counts of armed robbery, kidnapping and motor. 13-454(F)(4) (Supp.1973) (repealed 1978). 200.030(1)(b), 200.030(4), 200.033(4)(a)-(b) (1985). The 'cruel and unusual' language limits the avenues through which vengeance can be channeled. On July 30, 1978, his sons Ricky, Raymond Ray, and Donald Donny smuggled shotguns into the prison and helped Gary. As petitioners point out, there is no evidence that either Ricky or Raymond Tison took any act which he desired to, or was substantially certain would, cause death. That they did not specifically intend that the Lyonses and Theresa Tyson die, that they did not plot in advance that these homicides would take place, or that they did not actually pull the triggers on the guns which inflicted the fatal wounds is of little significance." Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. "The use of lethal force that petitioner contemplated indeed occurred when the gang abducted the people who stopped on the highway to render aid. Thus the Court's findings about petitioners' mental states regarding the murders are based solely on inferences from petitioners' participation in the underlying felonies. See ALI, Model Penal Code Commentaries 210.2, p. 13 (Off. The Court has chosen instead to announce a new substantive standard for capital liability: a defendant's "major participation in the felony committed, combined with reckless indifference to human life, is sufficient to satisfy the Enmund culpability requirement." Neither made an effort to help the victims, though both later stated they were surprised by the shooting. WINDER, Ga.-- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--Patsy Ann Hall Harrison, age 79, died peacefully on November 2, 2018, at Emory University Hospital, during the . By addressing at best only the first of these criteria, the Court has ignored most of the guidance this Court has developed for evaluating the proportionality of punishment. Enmund held that when "intent to kill" results in its logical though not inevitable consequence the taking of human lifethe Eighth Amendment permits the State to exact the death penalty after a careful weighing of the aggravating and mitigating circumstances. But on July 30 they changed their attitude when Tisons three sons, Donald age 20, Ricky, 19, and Raymond 18 came to visit. First, the court defined intent broadly, adopting a definition that equates "intent to kill" with the foreseeability of harm: "Intend [sic] to kill includes the situation in which the defendant intended, contemplated, or anticipated that lethal force would or might be used or that life would or might be taken in accomplishing the underlying felony." . 1071, 1076 (1964).18 Retribution, which has as its core logic the crude proportionality of "an eye for an eye," has been regarded as a constitutionally valid basis for punishment only when the punishment is consistent with an "individualized consideration" of the defendant's culpability, Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S., at 605, 98 S.Ct., at 2965, and when "the administration of criminal justice" works to "channe[l]" society's "instinct for retribution." 99-19-101(7) (Supp.1986); Nev.Rev.Stat. Had it done so, it would have discovered that, even including the 65 executions since Enmund, "[t]he fact remains that we are not aware of a single person convicted of felony murder over the past quarter century who did not kill or attempt to kill, and did not intend the death of the victim, who has been executed. the use of the felony-murder rule allowed the courts to punish the actor in the same manner as if his attempt had succeeded. Enmund himself may well have so anticipated. 1676.) They were re-sentenced to life in prison,. On July 30, 1978, the three Tison brothers entered the Arizona State Prison at Florence carrying a large ice chest filled with guns. . The fact that the Arizona Supreme Court purported to find "intent to kill" before affirming death sentences after Enmund provides no support for the proposition that it ordinarily has considered major participation in a violent felony resulting in death combined with a reckless indifference towards human life insufficient to support a capital sentence. First, the Court excludes from its survey those jurisdictions that have abolished the death penalty and those that have authorized it only in circumstances different from those presented here. After staying two days in a nearby house and switching cars, the men drove toward Flagstaff on back roads until they got a flat tire. Id., at 321, 327, 14 Ill.Dec., at 23, 27, 371 N.E.2d, at 1076, 1080. Ante, at 157. Gary escaped into the night but died of exposure in the desert heat. Ricky Wayne TISON and Raymond Curtis Tison, Petitionersv.ARIZONA. 2864, 2877, 57 L.Ed.2d 854 (1978). Thus, in Enmund the Court established that a finding of an intent to kill was a constitutional prerequisite for the imposition of the death penalty on an accomplice who did not kill. We show this fidelity, for example, when we decline to hold a young child as morally and criminally responsible for an illegal act as we would hold an adult who committed the same act. (emphasis added). Instead, he chose to assist the killers in their continuing criminal endeavors, ending in a gun battle with the police in the final showdown. They discovered guns and money in the Mazda which they kept, and they put the rest of the Lyons' possessions in the Lincoln. In a felony-murder situation, it made little difference whether the actor was convicted of murder or of the underlying felony because the sanction was the same. Id., at 22-23. 689, 88 L.Ed.2d 704 (1986). Penal Code Ann. . On the other hand, even after Enmund, only 11 States authorizing capital punishment forbid imposition of the death penalty even though the defendant's participation in the felony murder is major and the likelihood of killing is so substantial as to raise an inference of extreme recklessness.10 This substantial and recent legislative authorization of the death penalty for the crime of felony murder regardless of the absence of a finding of an intent to kill powerfully suggests that our society does not reject the death penalty as grossly excessive under these circumstances, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S., at 179-181, 96 S.Ct., at 2928-2929 (opinion of Stewart, POWELL, and STEVENS, JJ. 905, 911 (1939). In addition, the Court's statement that Raymond did not act to assist the victims "after" the shooting, and its statement that Ricky "watched the killing after which he chose to aid those whom he had placed in the position to kill rather than their victims," ante, at 152, takes license with the facts found by the Arizona Supreme Court. Like Enmund, the Tisons have been sentenced to death for the intentional acts of others which the Tisons did not expect, which were not essential to the felony, and over which they had no control. Tison was sent to Florence prison on a life sentence. It is important first to note that such a defendant has not committed an act for which he or she could be sentenced to death. The Arizona Supreme Court's attempted reformulation of intent to kill amounts to little more than a restatement of the felony-murder rule itself. ( Tison v. Arizona, supra, 481 U.S. at p. 139, 107 S.Ct. 1454, 1466, 28 L.Ed.2d 711 (1971) (emphasis added). Such guidance is essential in determining the constitutional limits on the State's power to punish. 793 (1910) (quoting O'Neil v. Vermont, 144 U.S. 323, 339-340, 12 S.Ct. Randy Greenawalt was also tried and convicted for the escape and following murders. Brief for Petitioners 11-12, n. 16. The report of the psychologist, who examined both sons, also suggests that they may not have appreciated the consequences of their participation: "These most unfortunate youngsters were born into an extremely pathological family and were exposed to one of the premier sociopaths of recent Arizona history. 15A-2000(f)(4) (1983). Ricky and Raymond Tison were tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Our Constitution demands that the sentencing decision itself, and not merely the procedures that produce it, respond to the reasonable goals of punishment. Six innocent people died at the hands of the Tison Gang. He sought help for a breakout, and his three sons arrived to help him and fellow prisoner Randy Greenawalt flee. In sentencing petitioners, the trial court did not find that they had killed, attempted to kill, or intended to kill anyone. 6, ch. He eluded law enforcement for days. Thus it appears that about three-fifths of the States and the District of Columbia have rejected the position the Court adopts today. And when this [killing of the kidnap victims] came about we were not expecting it. Raymond Tison was told that he was to wait by the vehicle and flag someone down to help him with the flat tire. He performed the crucial role of flagging down a passing car occupied by an innocent family whose fate was then entrusted to the known killers he had previously armed. The murders that Gary Tison and Randy Greenawalt committed revolt and grieve all who learn of them. That's when they came across James and Margene Judge, Texas newlyweds honeymooning in Colorado to see the Dallas Cowboys play the Denver Broncos. denied, 465 U.S. 1051, 104 S.Ct. Id., at 179, 218-219. As they ran the second roadblock, police fired killing Donny Tison and forcingthe van off the road. The facts on which the Court relies are not sufficient, in my view, to support the Court's conclusion that petitioners acted with reckless disregard for human life.4 But even if they were, the Court's decision to restrict its vision to the limited set of facts that "the Arizona Supreme Court has given . No shots were fired at the prison. 2909, 2975-2977, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976) (MARSHALL, J., dissenting) (death penalty unnecessary to further legitimate retributive goals). State v. Tison, 129 Ariz. 526, 545, 633 P.2d 335, 354 (1981). 2C:11-3a(a), (c) (West Supp.1986) (felony murder not capital); N.M.Stat.Ann. "From these facts we conclude that petitioner intended to kill. They carried a supply of guns into the prison and then escaped. Also petitioner was present at the murder site, did nothing to interfere with the murders, and after the murders even continued on the joint venture. In Ricky Tison's case the Arizona Supreme Court relied on a similar recitation of facts to find intent. Just another site ricky and raymond tison 2020 "Give us some water just leave us here and you all go home". 136, 151-52, 447 N.E.2d 353, 378-379 (1983) (defendant received death sentence for his role in successive burglaries during each of which codefendant killed resident), the court appears to have held that the defendant "knew" that his codefendant would commit the murder, a mental state significantly different than that attributed to the Tisons. 20-21, 39-41, 74-75, 109. The cases since Enmund in which the Arizona Supreme Court has rejected the defendant's Enmund challenge and affirmed the death sentence are: State v. Correll, 148 Ariz. 468, 478, 715 P.2d 721, 731 (1986) (defendant intended to kill victims and "verbally encouraged" codefendant to proceed with killing); State v. Martinez-Villareal, 145 Ariz. 441, 702 P.2d 670 (defendant actively took part in the murder and intended to kill), cert. Enmund, supra; State v. Emery, [141 Ariz. 549, 554, 688 P.2d 175, 180 (1984) ] filed June 6, 1984. Cf. See State v. Dorothy Tison, Cr. Over time, malice aforethought came to be inferred from the mere act of killing in a variety of circumstances; in reaction, Pennsylvania became the first American jurisdiction to distinguish between degrees of murder, reserving capital punishment to "wilful, deliberate and premeditated" killings and felony murders. This Court therefore properly rejects today the lower court's misguided attempt to preserve its earlier judgment by equating intent with foreseeable harm. We hold that the Arizona Supreme Court applied an erroneous standard in making the findings required by Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782, 102 S.Ct. As he was being escorted to prison, he overpowered the guard, grabbed his gun and shot and killed him. As a result, the court imposed the death sentence.3. Post, at ----. Thomas Brawley, a retired lieutenant of the Coconino County Sheriff's Office, died Wednesday after battling lung cancer. Petitioner's participation up to the moment of the firing of the fatal shots was substantially the same as that of Gary Tison and Greenawalt. Gary was serving life in prison for murdering a guard during a previous escape attempt. Lists of those executed and those on death row are published in NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Death Row U.S.A. (Mar. Stat. The utilitarian logic of deterrence can also justify unjust punishments that are more commonly dispensed. The Court clearly held that the equally small minority of jurisdictions that limited the death penalty to these circumstances could continue to exact it in accordance with local law when the circumstances warranted. Petitioner then watched Gary Tison and Greenawalt fire in the direction of the victims. Given the question it had chosen to address, evidence regarding petitioners' actual mental states with regard to the shooting was superfluous. But Gary Tison got away. 1229, 84 L.Ed.2d 366 (1985). He assisted in the abduction by flagging down the victims as they drove by, while the other members of the gang remained hidden and armed. From there, theTison gang managed to get to Colorado, and needed to switch cars. 13-703(G)(3) (1978 and Supp.1986); Colo.Rev.Stat. ALI, Model Penal Code Commentaries 210.2, p. 31, n. 74 (Off. Indeed it is for this very reason that the common law and modern criminal codes alike have classified behavior such as occurred in this case along with intentional murders. The person who chooses to act recklessly and is indifferent to the possibility of fatal consequences often deserves serious punishment. At least four other States not cataloged by the Court also restrict the imposition of capital punishment to those who actually commit and intend to commit murder, and two more States reject the death penalty for most felony murders, see infra, at 176. Green v. Zant, 738 F.2d 1529, 1533-1534 (CA11) (case was presented to jury on malice-murder rather than felony-murder theory, and evidence supported verdict on that theory), cert. Ricky stated that they had returned with the water, but were still some distance ("farther than this room") from the Lincoln when the shootings started, id., at 40-41, 111, and that the brothers then turned away from the scene and went back to the Mazda, id., at 113. 163.095(d), 163.115(1)(b) (1985). Rev. But the fact that this Court's death penalty jurisprudence can validate different results in analytically indistinguishable cases suggests that something more profoundly disturbing than faithlessness to precedent is at work in capital sentencing. He did find, however, three nonstatutory mitigating factors: (1) the petitioners' youthRicky was 20 and Raymond was 19; (2) neither had prior felony records; (3) each had been convicted of the murders under the felony-murder rule. I hope the hell they carry it out this time. The Court found: "The record establishes that both Ricky and Raymond Tison were present when the homicides took place and that they occurred as part of and in the course of the escape and continuous attempt to prevent recapture. ricky and raymond tison 2020. por | Abr 24, 2022 | exempel p evolution djur | tndspole utombordare | Abr 24, 2022 | exempel p evolution djur | tndspole utombordare Being sought were killers Randy Greenawalt, 28, and Gary G. Tison, 42, and Tison's three sons, Ricky, 18, Donald, 22, and Raymond, 19, authorities said. The Tison Prison Break Arizona Gary, Donald, Ricky, and Ray Tison; Randy Greenawalt 1978 On Sunday, July 30, 1978, brothers Ray, Ricky, and Donny Tison (ages 18, 19, and 20) helped their father, Gary, and fellow inmate Randy Greenawalt escape from Arizona State Prison in Florence, Arizona. After the decision of the Arizona Supreme Court, this Court addressed, in Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782, 102 S.Ct. 27, 410, 412(b), 413(d)(10), 413(e)(1), 413(d)(5) (1957 and Supp.1986) (death penalty may be imposed only on person who committed the killing, but possible exception if victim is a child); N.H.Rev.Stat.Ann. The issue raised by this case is whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the death penalty in the intermediate case of the defendant whose participation is major and whose mental state is one of reckless indifference to the value of human life. By his own admission he was prepared to kill in furtherance of the prison break. Only a small minority of those jurisdictions imposing capital punishment for felony murder have rejected the possibility of a capital sentence absent an intent to kill, and we do not find this minority position constitutionally required. What would be relevant, and what the summary in Enmund does not tell us, is how many of the 41 who did not participate were also found not to have intended that the murder occur. . Although we state these two requirements separately, they often overlap. " Pet. Raymond and Ricky Tison and Randy Greenawalt were captured and tried jointly for the crimes associated with the prison break itself and the shootout at the roadblock; each was convicted and sentenced. The court then reviewed, in a passage this Court quotes at length, ante, at 144-145, petitioners' conduct during the escape and subsequent flight. Tison v. Arizona, 481 U.S. 137 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court qualified the rule it set forth in Enmund v. Florida (1982). BRENNAN, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which MARSHALL, J., joined, and in Parts I, II, III, and IV-A of which BLACKMUN and STEVENS, JJ., joined, post, p. 159. 11, 636(a)(2), (b) (1979); Ky.Rev.Stat. On its face, however, that decision would seem to violate the core Eighth Amendment requirement that capital punishment be based on an "individualized consideration" of the defendant's culpability, Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586, 605, 98 S.Ct. The couple's niece survived long enough to crawl a quarter mile before succumbing to her injuries. And it took us by surprise as much as it took the family [the victims] by surprise because we were not expecting this to happen. 200.030(1)(b), 200.030(4), 200.033(4)(a)-(b) (1986); N.J.Stat.Ann. One such principle is that the States may not impose punishment that is disproportionate to the severity of the offense or to the individual's own conduct and culpability. 8, ch. The heart of the retribution rationale is that a criminal sentence must be directly related to the personal culpability of the criminal offender. But their sentences were set aside by the Arizona Supreme Court in 1989. 29-2523(2)(e) (1985); N.C.Gen.Stat. Other intentional homicides, though criminal, are often felt undeserving of the death penalty those that are the result of provocation. 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