New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
New York State correction officers have peace officer status under . This authorizes them:Prior to the 2008 repeal of the death penalty, the male death row was at the Clinton Correctional Facility and the female death row was at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. On October 23, 2007, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in the case "People v. John Taylor" that the last death sentence must be dismissed based on a previous ruling in the case "People v. LaValle".
Felony murder and the death penalty in the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States has held that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not prohibit imposing the death penalty for felony murder. The Supreme Court has created a two-part test to determine when the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for felony murder. Under "Enmund v. Florida", the death penalty may not be imposed on someone who did not kill, attempt to kill, or intend that a killing take place. However, under "Tison v. Arizona", the death penalty "may" be imposed on someone who was a major participant in the underlying felony and acted with reckless indifference to human life.