March 22
USA:
Top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs
One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies has taken steps to ensure
its drugs cannot be used to carry out executions by lethal injection.
UK company Teva, which describes itself as a “top 10
Oct. 19
USA:
Does the US Constitution Apply to the 9/11 Trial? Maybe
In an ordinary federal court held on U.S. soil, it's clear what rules apply.
There are the laws passed by Congress, precedent from cases decided in the
federal appeals courts and, of course, the U.S. Constitution,
Sept. 15
USA (MICHIGAN):
Death penalty decision in Lansing killing delayed in federal court in Grand
Rapids
The government has delayed making a recommendation on whether alleged members
of a violent Lansing street gang will face the death penalty in an alleged
drug-related killing.
Sept. 2
USA (IOWA)female and federal death penalty
Lawyers in Iowa death penalty case seek jury data
Lawyers for an Iowa woman facing a 2nd death penalty trial for her role in the
execution-style killings of 5 people in 1993 are planning to challenge the
process used to select
Jan. 3
USA:
Religions, American Public Differ on Death Penalty
Many religious groups advocate the abolition of the death penalty. On the
other hand, strong evangelistic church communities are in favor of it.
The Pew forum has researched the different positions religious groups have
Oct. 23
USA:
Death penalty opposedAE's Bill Kurtis speaks out at ISU
Bill Kurtis, the narrator of Will Ferrell's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy, promoted his book Death Penalty on Trial: Crisis in American
Justice Monday night in Tilson Auditorium to a crowd of 450 to 500
Aug. 23
USA:
Death Penalty - Strongly Retentionist:
Biden's record on death penalty reform is the weakest of any of the 2008
Democratic candidates. He is a supporter of capital punishment, and holds
the distinction of being the author of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act
Aug. 21
USA:
FOR OBAMA, A PRAGMATIST'S SHIFT TOWARD THE CENTER
Barack Obama has taken a stroll this week away from traditional liberal
political positions, his path toward the political center marked by artful
leaps and turns.
On Thursday, he seemed to embrace a Supreme Court decision,
June 5
USA:
Alleged 9/11 mastermind gets court day
The suspects face the death penalty
2 offers from the Navy and Air Force are representing Mohammed
Tribunals have been mired in confusion over courtroom rules, dogged by
delays
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the military commissions
Jan. 22
USA:
Physicians Shouldn't Be Involved in Executions
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Baze v.
Rees, a Kentucky case challenging current practices regarding lethal
injectionthe modality of death in almost all of the 38 states that allow
capital
August 31
USA:
Misgivings raised as U.S. prepares to speed death penalty appeals
Since capital punishment was reinstated in the United States 3 decades
ago, 124 people awaiting execution have been exonerated. For some
prisoners, the appeals process provided time to prove their
May 30
USA:
FORUM Op-eds on legal news by law professors and JURIST special
guests...
DNA Evidence and the Death Penalty
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and former FBI Director William S. Sessions
says that Governor Eliot Spitzers recent proposal to expand the New York
DNA database
May 4
USA:
Exonerations Change How Justice System Builds a ProsecutionDNA Tests
Have Cleared 200 Convicts
Jerry Miller is the newest poster child of the wrongfully convicted, the
200th to be exonerated by DNA evidence -- after he spent 25 years behind
bars in Illinois for a rape he
April 16
USA:
Abolish the death penalty-the right way
The death penalty and capital punishment in the United States has
certainly accrued much praise as well as some harsh judgment recently.
The proponents of capital punishment argue that there is no better
deterrent for committing
Dec. 15
USA:
Toobin: Cruelty-free execution is difficult
After it took 34 minutes for an inmate in Florida to die by injection,
Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday ordered a moratorium on all executions in the
state. Meanwhile, a federal judge in California ruled Friday that lethal
injection could be
Dec. 14
USA:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: USE OF DEATH PENALTY DECLINES IN 2006
Public Now Favors Life Without Parole Lethal Injection Challenges
Lead to Fewest Executions in a Decade; Death Sentences at 30-Year Low
For the first time in 2 decades, the Gallup Poll this year revealed that
April 19
USA:
High court to examine insanity defenseOutcome of the Arizona challenge
may impact cases elsewhere, such as Andrea Yates'
A year and a half before Eric Clark shot and killed an Arizona police
officer, he was an ostensibly normal high school student who earned good
grades
April 2
USA:
FBI should tape its interviewsFailure to record hurts cases
How many more embarrassments must the FBI suffer before it brings its
interviewing procedures up to 21st century - even 20th century -
standards?
The agency that leads the way in the development of fingerprint
Jan. 30
USAdeath penalty related
In Alito, G.O.P. Reaps Harvest Planted in '82
Last February, as rumors swirled about the failing health of Chief Justice
William H. Rehnquist, a team of conservative grass-roots organizers,
public relations specialists and legal strategists met to
Nov. 28
USA:
USA: 1,000th execution looms as lottery of death reaches shameful
milestone
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
AI Index: AMR 51/191/200528 November 2005
A prison guard takes a man out of a prison cell. The guard leads the man
through a hallway to an execution chamber
Dec. 8
USA:
Criminal lineups get a makeover
Defense attorneys have doubted eyewitness testimony throughout the annals
of crime, and often with good reason: People don't always accurately
recall what they see, even when the stakes are huge.
Consider the playgoers who sat helplessly as
March 7
USA:
Kennedy Reversal Swings Court Against Juvenile Death Penalty
In banning capital punishment for juvenile offenders last week, the
Supreme Court once again demonstrated its pivotal role in domestic and,
indeed, world affairs.
The 5 to 4 ruling swept aside laws in 20 states
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