May 9
USA:
The fatal flaws of capital punishment
Is capital punishment the nation's kiss of death? More and more
prosecutors are seeking the death penalty as the ultimate punishment.
It is more cost-efficient to sentence someone to life without parole than
it is to send them to death
May 4
USA:
U.S. juries less likely to impose death - activists
The outcome of the Zacarias Moussaoui trial shows that U.S. juries are
less willing to impose capital punishment than in the past, anti-death
penalty activists said on Wednesday.
They said the number of death penalties imposed
May 3
USA:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE9/11 Family Members Express Relief Over Verdict
Family members of those killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001
expressed relief at the jury's decision to sentence Zacarias Moussaoui to
life today. More than anyone, we understand why the jury chose
May 2
USA:
In Death Row Case, Justices Order Retrial Over Evidence
With the first opinion by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the Supreme Court
ordered a new trial on Monday for an inmate on South Carolina's death row
because the state courts improperly excluded evidence showing that another
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Fighting For Life In The Death-Belt (DVCAM 52 min) considers the
controversial institution of capital punishment in America through the
eyes of Stephen Bright, the nation's leading anti-death penalty lawyer.
For twenty years
April 21
USA:
Judging juries
You don't have to be a social scientist to realize that racially diverse
juries might engage in more give-and-take than homogeneous ones. Still,
it's reassuring to learn that a study by a psychologist has concluded that
multiracial juries are more deliberative
April 20
USA:
Defense rests in Moussaoui trial
Defense lawyers closed their case for sparing Zacarias Moussaoui's life
Thursday after the government admitted it had no evidence that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were to have joined in a hijacking as
part of the Sept. 11, 2001,
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 16
USA:
The Moussaoui effect
FOR ALL ITS IMPERFECTIONS and absurdities, and they are legion, the death
penalty trial of Al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has been an
object lesson in how the U.S. judicial system should deal with accused
terrorists. It also demonstrates that
April 14
USA:
Death penalty should be rare, just and legal
Our justice system stands firmly on the principle, let the punishment fit
the crime. All humankind with a conscience supports this principle as
fair.
God supports that principle in the Bible. God set up a court system for
his
April 13
USA:
Moussaoui no longer wants death penalty
September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui said on Thursday that he no
longer wanted to be executed as the death penalty was not in line with
Islamic teaching, but doubted his testimony held any sway with the jurors
considering his
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
April 12
USA:
Judges Set Hurdles for Lethal Injection
Judges in several states have started to put up potentially insurmountable
roadblocks to the use of lethal injections to execute condemned inmates.
Their decisions are based on new evidence suggesting that prisoners have
endured
APril 7
USA:
Law professors say foreign laws influence constitutional issues
The United States must to begin adopt the international consensus against
the death penalty and torture in order to recognize universal human values
and rights, said Michael Tigar, a research professor of law at
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
March 28
USA:
Death penalty, the law, justice and namby-pambies
I must have read Sam Osborne's wallow in flower power philosophy 6 or 7
times in an attempt to decide if he was speaking tongue in cheek or head
in sand.
Instead of looking at the law which dictates the death penalty for
March 26
USA:
ACTION REQUEST!!
email Kraft for offensive Death Penalty commercial
To Whom It May Concern, I will quit buying any Kraft food products until
your commercial on A-1 sauce making fun of the death penalty is taken off
the air.
Charles Sullivan, Director,
March 27
USA:
Majority in U.S. Supports Death Penalty
Many adults in the United States are in favour of capital punishment for
specific crimes, according to a poll by Princeton Survey Research
Associates for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 65 %
of respondents
March 17
USA:
Mohawk: The death penalty is really problematic
Not long ago, headlines reverberated with the story of Stanley Tookie
Williams' death sentence and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's
denial of clemency and his statement about why clemency was denied.
Williams was a
March 5
USA:
Time to abolish the death penalty
In 1828, Patrick Fitzpatrick of Detroit was executed for the rape and
murder of an innkeeper's daughter. Seven years later, his roommate
confessed to the crime.
As a result of this and other travesties of justice, the first official
act of
March 1
USA:
Law Students Take Nationwide Action Against The Death Penalty
Law students across the country are speaking out in opposition to the
death penalty on March 1, 2006 as part of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
Law Student Day Against the Death Penalty.
At least 32 law schools
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
March 2006
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Lethal Injection Challenges Dominate in March
Feb. 24
USA:
Doctors and executionsAfter 2 refuse to assist a lethal injection in
California, debate over end-of-life ethics grows.
In California this week, two anesthesiologists refused to monitor the
administering of a barbiturate designed to render unconscious convicted
killer
Feb. 22
USA:
Execution's delay reflects fight over injections
A California murderer represents a new wrinkle in the opposition to lethal
injection, a widely used execution method that has come under court
challenge over claims that it could cause a dying inmate extreme pain.
The
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
Feb. 21
USA:
With Longevity on Court, Stevens's Center-Left Influence Has Grown
One day last summer, an unusual baseball practice took place at Bluemont
Park in Arlington. A white-haired gentleman in owlish glasses tossed one
pitch after another to a female catcher half his age, trying to
Feb. 20
USA:
It's difficult to describe what it is like to serve time on death row
knowing you are innocent. All you know is that what seems like an awful
nightmare is now reality, a reality beyond comprehension. - Ray Krone,
released from prison April 8, 2002
Death Row Survivors
Feb. 18
USA/INDIANA:
'Exonerated' explores justice system's mortal mistakes
A half-dozen former death-row inmates put the American justice system on
trial in the University of Southern Indiana Theatre's latest production,
and their case is troubling. It ought to be, regardless of where
Feb. 15
USA:
The death penalty reconsidered
The recent execution of Crips co-founder and murderer Stanley Tookie
Williams reminded me of a drizzly Friday night last winter in Corpus
Christi, Texas, when Sister Helen Prejean addressed a modest crowd at a
local church about her opposition
Jan. 31
USA:
DNA tests gain ground as legal defenseEven prosecutors are embracing
the technology as a protection against wrongful imprisonment.
When Alan Crotzer emerged from a Tampa courthouse last week a free man, he
became the fifth person in Florida and the 173rd nationwide to
Jan. 31
USA:
Call to reprieve mentally ill death row inmates
Amnesty International today called for hundreds of mentally ill inmates of
death row in the United States to have their sentences commuted.
The human rights group said in a report that an estimated 10% of prisoners
facing
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
Jan. 30
USA:
Amnesty says U.S. executes many mentally ill
At least 10 % of the first 1,000 people executed in the United States
since 1977, were severely mentally ill, Amnesty International said in a
report issued on Monday.
The London-based human rights organization, which opposes all
Jan. 26
USA:
The Innocent and the Shammed
As the words scroll across a darkened TV screen, we hear an authoritative
voice announce that every year an alarming number of people in this
country are wrongfully convicted. Millions of Americans who watched
these promotions in recent weeks knew
Jan. 15
USA:
'CSI' and 'Law Order' lead jurors to great expectations
Reality TV they are not, but two hit shows are so convincing as imitations
of life in the criminal justice system that some legal experts worry
they're distorting the expectations of real jurors.
The influence of the
Jan. 10
USA:
Supreme Court Backs Disabled Ga. Inmate
States can sometimes be sued for damages by disabled inmates, the Supreme
Court ruled Tuesday in resolving the 1st clash over states' rights under
Chief Justice John Roberts.
The court said Georgia inmate Tony Goodman could use a
Jan. 9
USA:
No more defending the death penalty
Sometimes we think that holding on to a belief for a long time is reason
enough never to let it go.
But if that were the case, then there would be no need for discourse and
no opportunity for growth or change.
In short, after decades of
Jan. 2
USA:
Changing Attitudes About the Death Penalty
As 2005 gives way to 2006, the death penalty remains a major item of
business on the Supreme Court's docket.
In addition to a steady flow of stay-of-execution applications, the court
has four capital punishment cases to decide.
Dec. 22
USA:
Death Sentences Show Decline NationwideWhen they have the option,
jurors prefer a sentence of life without parole, experts say.
The number of death sentences imposed by juries around the country has
plummeted since 1999, according to a study released Wednesday by the
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),
Dec. 15
USA:
Abolish the death penalty
The state of Californias cold-blooded execution of Stanley Tookie
Williams throws a harsh light on the barbaric practice of capital
punishment in the United States.
Williams execution was a travesty of justice.
Williams maintained his innocence
Dec. 14
USA:
Criminal justice in the US: The American way of death
Stanley 'Tookie' Williams was killed by lethal injection in California
yesterday. His case highlights the controversy over state executions in
the US, says Andrew Gumbel
Within the eerie confines of the death chamber at
Dec. 14
USA:
Tookie is dead. Time to dump the duct tape.
Whew! I have waited for 24 years to feel this safe.
I lost a neighbor in the rubble of Sept. 11, 2001. I crossed my fingers as
my teenage daughter starting driving. I held my breath as reckless drivers
sped down my suburban
Dec. 10
USA:
Capitalist economic decline criminalizes workers
Early in the morning on Dec. 2, the day after thousands of activists
around the country had commemorated civil rights hero Rosa Parks by
expressing righteous outrage to the war against the Iraqi people and the
war being waged
Dec. 11
USA:
Protecting life by taking it away
LAST MONTH, by a vote of 237-4, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
adopted a pastoral statement calling for an end to the death penalty. The
11-page document makes a number of claims. Among them: that the execution
of murderers ''violates
Dec. 3
USA:
Death penalty's waning support bolsters justice
When Bill Clinton was running for president in January 1992, he left the
campaign trail to fly back to Arkansas for the execution of Rickey Ray
Rector, convicted of killing two people, including a Conway, Ark., police
officer,
Nov. 29
USA:
Execution capital
Nearly all modern democracies have abolished the death penalty. Advanced
countries realize that a society is degraded by putting people to death.
Mostly, the ancient custom occurs today only in brutal places like Saudi
Arabia, China and the like. Sadly,
Nov. 24
USA:
Reprieve. Fight legal injustice and help the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast at
the same time! Reprieve is looking for funds to help families of
death-sentenced prisoners and exonerated death-row inmates who lost
housing and other essentials in the hurricane. Writes co-director Billy
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
Nov. 23
USA:
Congress Moves to Limit Prisoner HabeasAG, not appellate courts, would
review states' indigent defense work
Congress moved on several fronts last week to impose sweeping limits on
the ability of prisoners to challenge the legality of their convictions
and sentences in
Nov. 17
USA:
Blinding Justice
In recent years, DNA testing has shown that innocent people can be
convicted of serious crimes, and even end up on death row. The main legal
mechanism for saving wrongly convicted prisoners from execution, and for
challenging other wrongful convictions, is
Nov. 16
USA:
New statement calls for rejection of 'illusion' of death penalty
A new statement on the death penalty that calls on society to reject the
tragic illusion that we can demonstrate respect for life by taking life,
was approved by the U.S. Catholic bishops Nov. 15 in a nearly
Nov. 17
USA:
The death penalty has lost its power
Michael Dukakis's strong opposition to the death penalty was considered a
major blow to his 1988 presidential campaign. In 1992, then-Arkansas Gov.
Bill Clinton left the presidential campaign trail to oversee the execution
of a mentally
Nov. 14
USA:
Death row numbers continue to declineDrop in murder rate, more juries
giving life terms are seen as reasons
The ranks of people sentenced to death and the number executed declined in
2004 as the nation's death row population kept shrinking, the government
reported
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.)
Oct. 28
USA:
The Miers Impact Put the brakes on a bill that speeds up executions
She's not going to the U.S. Supreme Court after all, but Harriet Miers
helped further the cause of justice this week - if only indirectly.
Her planned confirmation hearing figured in a welcome decision to
Oct. 2
USA:
To More Inmates, Life Term Means Dying Behind Bars
In the winter woods near Gaines, Pa., on the day before New Year's Eve in
1969, four 15-year-olds were hunting rabbits when Charlotte Goodwin told
Jackie Lee Thompson a lie. They had been having sex for about a month, and
she
Sept. 30
USA:
Groups blast bill they say limits prisoner appeals
As death row and DNA exonerations mount, a bill that critics say would
severely curtail the ability of prison inmates to appeal in federal court
faces a crucial Senate committee vote today.
The Streamlined Procedures Act
Sept. 26
USA:
Skewed System Undermines Fairness of Capital Punishment
(source: University of California, Santa Cruz)
How can otherwise normal, moral people participate in a process designed
to take the life of another? Noted death penalty researcher Craig Haney
finds the answer in a
death penalty news
September 22, 2005
USA:
Judge Roberts on Trial
1.
Almost every recorded political statement John
Roberts has made throughout his life, from
adolescence to his nomination as chief justice,
suggests that he has strong conservative
political convictions and instincts, and
Sept. 16
USA/TEXAS:
Executioner as museLangford takes a multimedia stand against death
penalty
Jon Langford isn't the 1st person you'd think of inviting to a film
festival. But then, he does have a good track record when it comes to
squeezing from one field of artistic endeavor into a
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
September 7, 2005
Two People with Credible Claims of Innocence Scheduled for Execution in
September
Newton May Become the First African American Woman Texas Has Put to Death
Since Resuming the Use of Capital Punishment in 1982
There
Sept. 5
USA:
Bush nominates Roberts as chief justice
President Bush on Monday nominated Judge John Roberts to succeed the late
William H. Rehnquist as chief justice of the United States.
It is fitting that a great chief justice be followed in office by a
person who shared his deep
September 5
USA:
Victim Impact Statements
The goal behind punishment is to allow the defendant to be rehabilitated,
discourage other perpetrators, and make society safer.
Punishments should provide justice for the victims and make the defendant
atone for his crimes in order to offer
August 28
USA:
Passion and the Prisoner
I once wanted to write a novel called Bad Taste, about a female
character who has incomprehensibly rotten instincts when it comes to
making romantic choices. While I was toying with this idea, I was also
deeply enamored of a man whose
August 26
USA:
Amnesty International Welcomes Pro-Human Rights Resolutions Adopted By
Blacks In Government Calling for Suspending TASER Use, Abolishing the
Death Penalty, Ending Racial Profiling, and Taking Action in Sudan
Today Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) announced that Blacks in
August 25
USA:
Despite high-profile cases, sex-offense crimes decline
Megan Kanka, Jessica Lunsford, Shasta Groene.
These girls, all believed to be sexually molested by men and 2 of them
killed, have generated headlines, prompted states to stiffen penalties
against offenders and caused
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=783364
Deterring Roper's Juveniles: Why Immature Criminal Youth Require the
Death Penalty more than Adults - A Law Economics Approach
MOIN A. YAHYA
University of Alberta - Faculty of Law
Abstract:
In Roper v. Simmons, the United
Hi,
I'm writing to let you know of a new documentary film that might be a
valuable resource in TCADP's outreach and educational work around the death
penalty. THE EMPTY CHAIR is a 42 minute film that reveals a rarely seen view
of murder's aftermath: families left behind, their lives torn apart
March 29
USA:
Justices Consider Rights of Foreigners
The Supreme Court seemed divided over how best to handle a dispute over
the role of international law in U.S. death penalty cases yesterday, as
the justices heard oral arguments in the case of a Mexican who says Texas
violated his
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April 7, 2005
USA:
The death penalty necessary justice for criminals found guilty
It may be the most ominous walk in the world. A mere 20 yards from a stark
death row cell to the death chamber - arguably the loneliest and most
despairing juncture in a human life.
Now,
death penalty news
April 8, 2005
USA:
Congress Should Not Expand the Death Penalty
Joint Letter Opposing Capital Sentencing Provisions in H.R. 1279
April 4, 2005
The Honorable Howard Coble
Chair, Judiciary Committee
Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee
House of Representatives
April 12
USA:
How Important is Roper v. Simmons?by David R. Dow
3 of my clients will not be executed, and none of the credit is mine. They
have been saved by the Supreme Court's decision in Roper v. Simmons, which
held that the states cannot execute murderers who were younger than the
death penalty news
April 14, 2005
USA:
Lethal injection execution 'cruel' - U.S. researchers
American researchers have called for an halt to lethal injection, the most
common method of capital punishment in the United States, because it is not
always a humane and painless way to die.
Some
death penalty news
April 14, 2005
USA:
Execution by injection far from painless
Execution by lethal injection may not be the painless procedure most
Americans assume, say researchers from Florida and Virginia.
They examined post-mortem blood levels of anaesthetic and believe that
prisoners
death penalty news
April 19, 2005
USA:
Lethal injection faces fight from condemned
A Kentucky case that begins today is the latest legal challenge to lethal
injection, the nation's most used but increasingly controversial form of
execution.
Lethal injection is under assault from condemned
April 19
USA:
Lethal injection faces fight from condemned
A Kentucky case that begins today is the latest legal challenge to lethal
injection, the nation's most used but increasingly controversial form of
execution.
Lethal injection is under assault from condemned convicts across the
April 21
USA:
When a Killer Wants to Die -- Death-row volunteers press for their own
speedy executions. Should states oblige them?
For someone who killed with such ease, Michael Ross is finding it very
hard to die. The bespectacled insurance salesman from Connecticut who
murdered eight
April 25
USA:
From death row, to vindication, to voice for justice
For nearly 9 years, Kirk Bloodsworth slept with toilet paper stuffed in
his ears to keep the cockroaches from laying eggs inside his head. In the
darkness of his tiny cell in the notorious Maryland State Penitentiary,
April 25
USA:
Death Sentences at Lowest Point Since 1976
The number of people sentenced to death last year fell to the lowest level
since the Supreme Court reinstated the penalty in 1976.
There were 125 people sent to death row in 2004, down from 144 the
previous year and the 6th
death penalty news
April 26, 2005
USA:
The Death Penalty
A couple posts from the always-valuable Brad Plumer has gotten me thinking
about the Death Penalty.
Before going into this, I should note that 1) in most cases, I have no
moral problem with applying the death penalty to
May 1
USA:
Round Table TeensTeenagers weigh in on Supreme Court ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that convicts cannot be executed for
crimes committed before they turned 18.
Some members of the 2004-2005 Courier-Journal High School Round Table see
the ruling as a
May 5
USA:
ONLY HUMAN: Looking for Sparks of Justice
International justice has taken a pasting during the watch of this
administration.
In 2002, President Bush said, We want the United Nations to be effective,
and respectful, and successful. We want the resolutions of the world's
most
May 11
USA:
The justices, the soul and a culture of blood -- Can a court demand a
soulful conscience on the part of a defendant and require something less
of themselves?
Christopher Simmons was a junior in high school when he led two younger
boys to the home of Shirley Crook. They bound
death penalty news
May 13, 2005
USA:
Abolitionists eye end to death penalty
Serial killer Michael Ross's execution is the first state-sanctioned
killing in New England for 45 years. Across the United States, however,
there are signs America's appetite for the death penalty is on the wane.
May 27
USA:
Owen to join court tough on death penalty
Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen will join a federal appeals
court already dominated by Republican judges with a record of toughness in
death penalty cases but not easy to pigeon-hole on other constitutional
issues.
Owen
June 2
USA/NORTH CAROLINA:
Press Conference10 a.m. June 7, 2005
Community RoomGreensboro Police Station
300 S. Swing Road, Greensboro, N.C.
Death Row Inmates Give $5,000 College Scholarship to Future Police Officer
Death row inmates across the country have raised $5,000 to help
Please circulate this request for info.
It is really important that any known cases that would help in these
Supreme Court briefs be given to the listed attorneys. Hope everybody
will contact those who might be aware of such a discrimination
situation.
June 9
USA:
The insidious wiles of foreign influence
How much are other countries' laws influencing America's?
For the 1st century of their country's history, American lawmakers and
judges repeatedly looked beyond America's borders, particularly to
England, for precedents that could
Pending U.S. Executions (as of 6/17/05)
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Please note that these dates are only tentative.
Execution dates known or thought to be considered SERIOUS are marked
with a *.The designation indicates that an execution is considered
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
June 24, 2005
USA:
Death penalty debate finally produces useful result
For the past half century, the nation has been locked ? deadlocked might be
a better word ? in a bitter debate over the death penalty. But what if
there is a middle ground?
With little fanfare, a
June 27
USA:
Latest reversal par for the court5th Circuit rulings often struck down
3 times in the past 3 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has rebuked the 5th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' handling of death penalty cases,
occasionally using blunt language to portray the New Orleans
June 29
USA:
Ray Krone, of Dover, Pa., was freed from death row after DNA cleared him
in a murder. For ex-death-row inmates, freedom can be grim reality
Once known as the Snaggletooth Killer when he was on Arizona's death
row, Ray Krone got an Extreme Makeover after DNA cleared him
June 29
USA:
Crime Subcommittee Hearing Thursday on Death Penalty Legislation: Does it
Deter Crime and Save Lives?
News Advisory:
Crime Subcommittee Hearing Thursday on Death Penalty Legislation
WHAT:
Hearing: Does an Accurate and Swift Death Penalty Deter Crimes and Save
Lives? A
July 1
USA:
Justice O'Connor Says She Will Retire
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the 1st woman appointed to the Supreme Court
and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty,
said Friday she is retiring.
O'Connor, 75, said she expects to leave before the start of
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