Oct. 23
USA:
Guantanamo defense: No war crimes if no war
A U.S. military war tribunal is weighing a question that might seem better
suited for a history class than a courtroom: How long has the United States
been at war?
The question is more than academic for Abd al-Rahim
Sept. 26
USA (PUERTO RICO)possible federal death penalty
Puerto Rico jury deliberates death penalty case in highly anticipated verdict
A jury in Puerto Rico was deliberating Wednesday whether a convicted drug
dealer should be executed for killing a girlfriend who was an informant
Oct. 13
USA:
Life after death row
In 1992 Ray Krone, a former sergeant in the US Air Force, was sentenced to
death row for the murder of Kimberly Ancona, a bar manager found stabbed
to death in a restaurant near his home in Arizona. 10 years later, after
running newly developed DNA tests
June 8
USA:
US: Exonerations Speed Change of Mind
After more than a decade of DNA tests, appeals and waiting on death row,
Texas prisoner Michael Blair is likely to be exonerated soon, further
undermining public confidence in the infallibility of the U.S. death
penalty system.
Recent
June 6
USA:
Unabomber's brother, victim forge unique friendship
If Gary Wright wanted nothing to do with anyone with the last name of
Kaczynski, few would blame him. Even David Kaczynski would understand.
After all, it was Kaczynski's brother, Ted, who tried to kill Wright with
a bomb
April 4
USA:
Majority Of Americans Regard Death Penalty As Just Punishment
Nationwide support for the death penalty has waned since 2003, though most
Americans still regard it as a just punishment.
The results of a Harris Interactive poll published in March indicate a
majority of
Feb. 1
USA:
UM researchers say lethal injection could violate Eighth
AmendmentStudy suggests lethal injection causes unnecessary pain
INSTRUMENTS OF DEATH: UM researchers say execution by lethal injection
could violate the Eighth Amendment.
A death row inmate is given a fatal dose
Sept. 2
USA:
A Millionaire Club of High Court Justices
On a Supreme Court dominated by seeming millionaires, the only woman
justice and the only bachelor appear to be the wealthiest of its 9
members.
In the justices' financial disclosure forms for 2005, Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg
June 22
USA:
Executing the Mentally Ill and the Mentally Retarded: 3 Key Recent Cases
from Texas and Virginia Show How States Can Evade the Supreme Court's
Death Penalty Rulings
Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on the death penalty in 1976, Texas
and Virginia have led the country in
April 11
USA:
Meet Clarence DarrowThe great American lawyer is portrayed in a
one-man show
Clarence Darrow was a man before his time - maybe a man of this time.
So says Gary Anderson, who knows warts and all about the most
celebrated, and hated, attorney in American history.
He
Feb. 21
USA:
Purge vengeance from civilized society
In response to the Feb. 11 letters to the editor from Mela ine M. Wesby
and Irmgard Mokos (Death-penalty foes don't consider killers' victims):
Vengeance and extraction are not the answers to our social problems. I
lost my older
Dec. 29
USA:
Taking Innocent Life
Earlier this month, the state of North Carolina executed Kenneth Boyd --
who became the 1,000th person put to death in the United States since the
Supreme Court permitted executions to resume in 1976. The 1,001st, Shawn
Paul Humphries, was put to death
Dec. 15
USA:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Congressman Dennis KucinichDoug Gordon (202) 225-5871(o);
(202) 494-5141(c)
Kucinich Introduces Bill to Abolish Federal Death Penalty Bill, Introduced
Today, Co-Sponsored By 39 Members Of Congress
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH),
Nov. 11
USA:
Engaged in a Very Civil WarThe Federalist Society has reshaped the
legal system without ever going to court.
It began in 1982 with a handful of law students at Yale and the University
of Chicago who saw themselves as minorities. They were conservatives.
As a counter to
Nov. 5
USA:
The Death Penalty Is No Deterrent
Regarding the Oct. 26 news story Measure Would Alter Federal Death
Penalty System; House Legislation to Renew USA Patriot Act Would Loosen
Some Provisions for Execution:
While it would be fascinating to learn from Rep. John Carter (R-Tex.)
June 21
USA:
Death Penalty Trials
To the Editor:
Re Prosecutorial Racial Bias in Texas (editorial, June 14):
When the Supreme Court threw out Thomas Miller-El's death sentence (on the
grounds that blacks were systematically excluded from serving as jurors in
his case), the court paved
death penalty news
August 16, 2005
USA:
Catholics and the Death Penalty
It's not clear where Turley got his misinformation.
In a column about Judge Roberts' personal views
on controversial social issues, Jonathan Turley,
a law professor at George Washington University,
declared that
death penalty news
July 19, 2004
USA:
Juvenile Death Penalty Opposed; Opinion to be Shared in Supreme Court Case
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Society for Adolescent
Medicine (SAM) released a joint policy statement today opposing the death
penalty for juvenile offenders,
Jan. 27
USA:
Anti-death penalty film builds a strong case
The Exonerated is a simple drama sitting on one side of a very convoluted
issue. Adapted by actor-director Bob Balaban with sensitivity and, for
that matter, courage, from the award-winning off-Broadway play, the TV
movie weaves
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