Constitutional Court chief Valery Zorkin, back center, chairs a meeting of the court on the death penalty in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions. Others unidentified. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Constitutional Court chief Valery Zorkin speaks to the media after a meeting of the court on the death penalty in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Zorkin said Thursday that Russia must extend the moratorium on executions until it ratifies a European convention banning the death penalty.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
FILE - This July 2009 photo downloaded from the Arabic language web site www.muslm.net shows a man identified by the site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for radical terrorists. Now comes the ultimate exception
Curtis Lavelle Vance, arrives Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 at the Little Rock, Ark., Pulaski County Courthouse for his capital murder trial. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
Curtis Lavelle Vance, arrives Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 at the Little Rock, Ark., Pulaski County Courthouse for his capital murder trial. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder is seen on a video screen during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder gestures during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder is seen on a video screen during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder gestures during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder is seen on a video screen during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder gestures during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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