Oct. 1
USA:
Why The Death Penalty Is Not An Issue In This Campaign
The death penalty used to be an important issue in presidential politics. In
1988, Vice President George Bush used his Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis's
opposition to the death penalty to portray him as soft on
Dec. 5
USA:
Carry out the death penalty quickly if guilt isn't in doubt
Troy Davis and Joseph Zangara. Remember those names. They're important in
any discussion of the death penalty.
Any rational one, that is.
Let's take Davis first.
Back in 1989, a security guard intervened when he
Nov. 10
USA:
Waiting to Die: The Cruel Phenomenon of Death Row SyndromeAs
prisoners across the country spend decades awaiting execution, the
psychological effects are devastating.
The length of time convicted murderers wait for their execution is
steadily rising in the U.S., raising
Oct. 31
USA:
If Elected ...Records of Obama and McCain as Lawmakers Reflect Differences
on Crime
As an Illinois legislator for 7 years, Senator Barack Obama sponsored more
than 100 bills on crime, corrections and the death penalty, making
criminal justice one of his top priorities as a
Nov. 13
USA:
DNA evidence builds case against the death penalty
I spent a couple weeks in Italy recently, and it was while watching a TV
news broadcast there that I learned that the U.S. Supreme Court had
granted a stay of execution to a convicted murderer in Mississippi.
I have no
Dec. 14
USA:
Rehnquist Won't Vote in Every Case Heard This Term
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, ill with thyroid cancer, will not vote
in every case that has been argued this term, and will instead participate
in certain cases only when necessary to prevent a tie vote, the Supreme
