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What will be an ideal response?
? Death penalty sentencing involves a two-stage bifurcated process.? In the first stage (the criminal trial stage), a jury determines the guilt or innocence of the defendant.? If the defendant is found guilty, the jury reconvenes for the second stage (sentencing) and considers all aggravating and mitigating circumstances to decide whether the death sentence is in fact warranted.
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