United States v. Taylor

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DECLARE THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO JURORS and RESULTS IN THE ARBITRARY APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

WILLIAM P. JOHNSON, District Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court upon Defendant Taylor’s Motion to Declare the Federal Death Penalty Act Unconstitutional Because it is Incomprehensible To Jurors and Results in the Arbitrary Application of the Death Penalty, filed May 4, 2009 (Doc. 272). The Court finds that an evidentiary hearing on the matter would not be helpful. Having…