April 17
USA:
We should preach about the death penalty on Good Friday
To avoid preaching about the evil of the death penalty on Good Friday is akin
to not preaching about the joy of the resurrection on Easter Sunday. The
central scriptural context of the liturgical readings is
Sept. 2
USA:
These Are The Only 13 Women Executed In America In The Past 40 Years
A jury will likely decide this month whether notorious murder defendant Jodi
Arias should get the death penalty for murdering her ex-boyfriend. It would be
unusual if she were executed.
In the last
Jan. 30
USA:
Executing Women In the USA
Very few, or at least relatively few, women have been executed in the United
States. Kimberly McCarthy would have been the 13th woman put to death since
reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, had her execution not been delayed
at the last
Dec. 11
USA:
States put brakes on capital punishment
For just the second time since 1984, Virginia and Maryland will end the year
without executing a single death row inmate - reflecting a national trend of
states using capital punishment less often over the past decade.
Maryland has
Aug. 28
USA:
Just how fair does justice have to be?
The U.S. Supreme Court is getting ready to hear argument in the upcoming term
on a core issue of the nation's legal system, one that goes to the heart of
fairness in criminal cases -- under what circumstances do prosecutors have to
Dec. 14
USA:
Death penalty ban distant, despite state vote
New Jersey's abolition vote this week highlights scrutiny of the death
penalty in America, and analysts say it could be a small step in the
direction of an eventual nationwide ban.
But with capital punishment still on the books
March 7
USA:
The Attorney-Client Privilege and the 'Complete Lawyer': More than Mere
Legal Advice
The complete lawyer, in order to best serve the client, often does more
than provide only legal advice in a narrow sense. A valuable attorney
frequently provides specific guidance and
Feb. 17
USA:
After Innocence: DVD Documents Plight of the Guilty till Proven Innocent
This revealing documentary is essentially ten different stories, each a
tragic case of mistaken identity and a rush to judgment. For all of the
men profiled here can thank their lucky stars that evidence
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
