Nov. 24
USA:
There is much to be thankful for in today's America. Despite its numerous
economic, social, cultural, and political problems (and they are numerous),
this is still a great country to live in and to work for social justice through
peaceful means.
I give thanks for many
Nov. 19
USA:
Punishment, death penalty are misguided
What do the spanking of children and capital punishment have in common? Hold
that thought; we'll get back to it.
In the meantime, consider the whipping Judge of Aransas County, Texas, who was
caught on tape disciplining his
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
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http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa15411.pdf
Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though you may not have
received
Oct. 10
USA:
Families suffer grief of state-enforced death
On the eve of World Day against the Death Penalty (October 10), a Swiss
photojournalist gives his insight into the suffering of the families of the
condemned.
Fabio Biasio came face-to-face with the grim reality when he
Oct. 9
USA:
Error rates a sobering aspect of death penalty
For a minute there, we paid attention to the death penalty.
Death sentences aren't something we contemplate often here in New York, where
the death penalty is on the books, but not in force because our state's highest
court
Oct. 6
USA:
Death penalty an unnecessary punishment
Troy Davis, convicted of killing a police officer in 1991, was put to death on
Sept. 21, but Davis insisted he was innocent until his dying moment.
There have been 1,268 executions since the death penalty was reinstated in
1976, but
Sept. 28
USA:
All Executions Are Wrong
The morning after Troy Davis was executed, the state of Georgia set another
execution date. Marcus Ray Johnson is slated to be put to death on October 5.
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles should hear from us (fax:
404-651-6670; email:
Sept. 27
USA:
Why Death Penalty Opponents Are Closer to Their Goal Than They Realize
Georgia’s execution of Troy Davis last week was a poignant reminder of the
continued presence of capital punishment in the United States. The Davis
execution generated extraordinary interest because
Sept. 26
USA:
An Indefensible Punishment
When the Supreme Court reinstituted the death penalty 35 years ago, it did so
provisionally. Since then, it has sought to articulate legal standards for
states to follow that would ensure the fair administration of capital
punishment and
Sept. 26
USA:
Think the Death Penalty Can't Be Abolished? Here's How It Happened Before
With polls showing that roughly 6 in 10 Americans still support capital
punishment in the US (even with that number declining somewhat) it’s hard to
make the case that the practice will be abolished
Sept. 25
USA:
On death penalty, confidence does not replace truth
2000: Frank Lee Smith is posthumously exonerated — he’d died 11 months earlier
— 14 years after being convicted of raping and murdering an 8-year-old girl.
The eyewitnesses were wrong.
2001: Charles Fain is exonerated
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Sept. 25
USA:
Only conservatives can end the death penalty.
How can we end the death penalty in the United States?
Every so often, one capital case receives wide attention and makes a public
spectacle of the American machinery of death. Last week, it was the controversy
over Troy
Sept. 24
USA:
Troy Davis execution protest confronts support for death penaltyWhile the
Troy Davis execution may not be a game-changer for the death penalty, it has
become part of a growing conversation about ensuring that innocent people
aren't killed or die in prison.
The
Sept. 19
USA:
The Death Penalty: Why We Fight for Equal JusticeThe Buck and Davis cases
are a reminder of how far we've come, and how far we have to go, toward fair
and accurate capital punishment in America
Last week, Texas officials refused to halt the execution of Duane Edward
Sept. 10
USA:
From Wall Street to death row: Lawyer finds a calling in ministry
When a prison chaplain first asked Dale Recinella to minister to the inmates at
Apalachee Correctional Institution, Recinella's first thought was, Absolutely
not.
He never wanted to step foot inside a
Sept. 7
USA:
US court allows life terms for juveniles
A US federal appeals court today held that juveniles convicted of murder can be
sentenced to life in prison without parole, seeking to settle a lingering
debate over how the courts punish minors who commit serious offences.
The
Sept. 5
USA/OKLAHOMA:
Capital punishment a costly option
“I no longer believe you can fix the death penalty. (It) throws millions of
dollars down the drain. Give a law enforcement professional like me that $250
million, and I’ll show you how to reduce crime. The death penalty isn’t
Sept. 5
USA (NEW YORK):
Cop Killer May Escape Death Penalty Because Of Low IQ
The question has resurfaced: Is Ronell Wilson a developmentally disabled man
who murdered 2 cops or is he just a cold-blooded killer deserving of lethal
injection? Wilson, 28, is responsible for the 2003
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
Aug. 18
USA:
Research Examines the Black-And-White Issues Surrounding Executions in the
South
An examination of post-emancipation executions in the South is revealing how
race played a significant and under-examined role in executions. Annulla
Linders, a University of Cincinnati
July 30
USA (NEW YORK)possible federal death penalty
Syracuse man could face federal death penalty for shooting of Kihary Blue
Syracuse police and the U.S. Attorney’s Office this morning accused a member of
the V-Not Gang of shooting Kihary Blue and setting off a cycle of
July 24
USA (RHODE ISLAND):
DOJ to review possible RI death penalty case as custody battle looms in federal
appeals court
Lawyers on both sides of a Rhode Island murder case that has spawned a custody
battle involving Gov. Lincoln Chafee are set to meet with the Department of
Feb. 9
USAbook review
To Kill Or Not by Peter Byrne
Turow, Scott: Ultimate Punishment, A Lawyer's Reflections On Dealing With
The Death Penalty, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, NYC 2003, ISBN 0-330 42688
5 HB, 164 pages. Reversible Errors, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, NYC 2002,
ISBN
Feb. 3
USA:
The Tide Shifting Against the Death Penalty
If there were such a thing as a golden age of capital punishment in
America, it peaked in 1999. There were 98 executions in the U.S. that
year, the highest number since 1976, when the Supreme Court, which had
overturned all death
Jan. 21
USA:
BOOKS: Love, life and death on Execution Row
Writing for Their Lives: Death Row USA
edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts
University of Illinois Press, $19.95
IF I had nothing more to do each day than consider matters of life and
death and all that happened in between from the
Jan. 19
USA:
9/11 suspects declare guilt at Gitmo war court
2 alleged orchestrators of the 2001 attacks on America casually declared
their guilt on Monday in a messy and perhaps final session of the
Guantanamo war crimes court. This week's military hearings could be the
last at
here is a current breakdown of impending USA executions thus far in 2009:
execution by month:
January (8 total)--in Texas--6
in rest of USA2
February (6 total)-in Texas--3
in rest of USA3
March (6
Jan. 5
USA:
Even killers don't deserve to die
THANKS TO the Globe for pointing out good reasons to oppose the death
penalty (Cruel and more unusual, Editorial, Dec. 28). Left unmentioned,
however, was any argument against a common justification for execution:
murderers deserve to die
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
Jan. 1
USA:
Abatement of capital punishment continues in U.S.
Executions and new death sentences each continued their sharp nationwide
decline in 2008, as states wrestled with legal, moral and financial
concerns about capital punishment.
37people were executed in 9 states, the lowest
Dec. 9
USA:
9/11 suspects may not plead guilty if no death penalty
Blunt warning on emissions issued by top UN officialElaborate farewell for
Russian Orthodox patriarchPoland 'optimistic' on German backing over coal
powerUkraine's fractious coalition set to be reinstatedIn crisis time
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. 22
USAfemale federal death row inmate
U.S. Supreme Court denies review of Forest City woman's death sentence
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition Wednesday to review convictions
and sentences against Angela Johnson, 44, of Forest City, for aiding and
abetting the
Nov. 16
USA:
Easing the Burden of Public Defenders: Letters to the Editor:
Re Citing Workload, Public Lawyers Reject New Cases (front page, Nov.
9):
The assertion that despite increasingly overwhelming workloads, public
defenders must tighten their belts during these times of severe
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
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
Attached is a pdf version of an 11-page article by Ron Tabak entitled The
Private Bar's Efforts To Secure Proper Representation For Those Facing
Execution.
It appears in a special issue of the Justice System Journal, focusing
on Court-Related Aspects of Capital Punishment.
The pdf's first
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
Oct. 12
USA:
Catholic Voters and the Teachings of the Church
A Fight Among Catholics Over Which Party Best Reflects Church Teachings
(October 5, 2008) Re A Fight Among Catholics Over Which Party Best
Reflects Church Teachings (news article, Oct. 5):
Here we go again! It must be October
Oct. 10
USA:
Capital punishment scope narrows, IU experts say Child rape does not
merit death, Supreme Court rules
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a ruling that child rape is a crime
that does not merit the death penalty, and IU experts say the ruling
narrows the scope of
Sept. 11
USA:
Abolitionists Hope for Swing to Democrats in States
The 2 U.S. presidential candidates have both expressed support for the
death penalty, but abolitionist activists are hoping that pragmatism and a
swing to the Democrats in the state elections in November will inevitably
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,
July 24
USA:
Prisoners' time spent on death row doubles
The time prisoners spend on death row has nearly doubled during the past 2
decades. Legal experts predict it will rise further as states review
execution procedures and prisoners pursue lengthy appeals.
Waits rose from 7 years in
July 18
USA:
USADouble standards and second-class justiceFederal judge clears
way for first military commission trial
18 July 2008 AI Index: AMR 51/082/2008
As assurance against ancient evils, our country, in order to preserve 'the
blessings of liberty', wrote into its basic law
July 7
USA:
Who Misread the Data on Deterrence?
In their June 30 op-ed, A Death Penalty Puzzle, Cass R. Sunstein and
Justin Wolfers asserted that the opinions issued recently in Baze v. Rees
by Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia on opposite
sides of the death
July 2
USA:
In Weighing Death Penalty, a Flaw in Fact
When the Supreme Court ruled last week that the death penalty for raping a
child was unconstitutional, the majority noted that a child rapist could
face the ultimate penalty in only 6 states not in any of the 30 other
states that have
July 1
USAfederal death penalty
Pentagon seeks death penalty in Cole bombingThe destroyer Cole was
bombed during a refueling stop in Yemen. Authorities say the suspect in
the attack is also linked to the U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa in
1998.
The accused, a Saudi of Yemeni
June 30
USA:
UN rights expert calls on United States to ensure death penalty is applied
fairly
Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or
arbitrary executions 30 June 2008 The United States should take immediate
steps to ensure that the death penalty is applied
June 30
USA:
A Death Penalty PuzzleThe Murky Evidence for and Against Deterrence
Although the Supreme Court banned capital punishment for child rape last
week, the justices have made it clear that for homicide, states may
inflict the ultimate penalty. Last month, capital punishment
June 26
USA:
USA: Another step up the evolutionary ladder
Supreme Court prohibits death penalty for child rape
26 June 2008 AI Index: AMR 51/069/2008
Based both on consensus and our own independent judgment, our holding is
that a death sentence for one who raped but did not kill a
June 15
USA:
Last meal is irrelevant
Re: Dallas woman's killer is executed 'I am so terribly sorry,' he tells
victim's relatives, Thursday news story.
I never cease to be amazed and repulsed by the media's incessant
fascination with the last meal of a condemned inmate. What relevance
June 12
USA:
New Criminal Record: 7.2 MillionNation's Justice System Strains to
Keep Pace With Convictions
The number of people under supervision in the nation's criminal justice
system rose to 7.2 million in 2006, the highest ever, costing states tens
of billions of dollars to house
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
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
May 26
USA:
More fears about executing the innocent
Defense attorneys worry bad evidence, witnesses send men to chambers
Nobody has produced irrefutable proof that any innocent man was executed
Former prosecutor: Death penalty for a greatly cruel, sadistic-type
crime
Since 1973, 129
May 9
USA:
Difficult Bible Passages and the Penalty of Death
Previously, we saw how capital punishment is compatible with love, honors
God's sovereignty over life, and encourages the condemned to repent and be
saved. Now, let's finish our discussion by looking at 3 biblical
May 6
USA:
Death Row Inmates Plead for HumanityGiven the Chance to Say a Last
Statement, Many Sing Their Own Praises
Let's ride were the last words spoken by Michael Richards before the
syringes containing a lethal concoction of chemicals were pumped into his
veins in Texas'
May 5
USA:
Sky-High Costs - But Few Executions
Forget the ethics of capital punishment in the United States. Forget the
disproportionate number of blacks on death row, or the possibility of
executing an innocent victim. The death penalty may really be just too
expensive, according to a
May 3
USA:
After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions
Here in the nation's leading death-penalty state, and some of the 35
others with capital punishment, execution dockets are quickly filling up.
Less than 3 weeks after a United States Supreme Court ruling ended a
7-month moratorium
April 29
USA:
Dueling justices on death penalty
Should interpreting the Constitution smack more of knight errantry than a
genuine search for the intent of its makers? That question was center
stage as Justice John Paul Stevens dueled with Justice Antonin Scalia in
Baze v. Rees (April 16,
April 28
USA:
Killing in Secret: Death by Lethal Injection
The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of
freely communicating thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only
effectual guardian of every other right.-- James Madison
In our post-9/11 world,
April 25
USA:
Death penalty debate depends on purpose of punishment
To the Editor:
[Last] week's opinion articles about the death penalty [Checks and
Balances] did not touch on the real debate over capital punishment. The
real debate that faces America is about our justice system as a
April 23
USA:
LETHAL-INJECTION CASE After Court Ruling, States to Proceed With
Executions
States began moving forward with plans for executions this week after the
Supreme Court declined last Wednesday to review the appeals of death row
inmates who had challenged lethal-injection
April 17
USA:
States abandon execution moratorium
Virginia lifts death penalty moratorium
Mississippi, Oklahoma say they'll move to get execution dates for inmates
Supreme Court upheld lethal injection method on Tuesday
Nation's last execution was September 25, in Texas
Many states
April 16
USA:
Supreme Court upholds Kentucky's use of lethal injections
The Supreme Court upheld Kentucky's use of lethal injection executions
Wednesday.
The justices, by a 7-2 vote, turned back a constitutional challenge to the
procedures in place in Kentucky, which uses 3 drugs to
April 16
USA:
NCADP: BAZE RULING SIDESTEPS THE CRITICAL ISSUES; DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM
REMAINS AS FLAWED AS EVER
April 16, 2008 - The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Kentucky's
lethal injection protocol sidesteps the critical issues surrounding the
death penalty debate in the U.S.,
April 16
USA:
Supreme Court Allows Lethal Injection for Execution
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Kentucky's method of putting
criminals to death by lethal injection, not only clearing the way for
Kentucky to resume executions but ending an unofficial moratorium in the
35 other
April 14
USA:
Death Penalty for Child Rape, a Thing to Reconsider
This is the 1st time in more than 30 years when the U.S. Supreme Court is
considering whether to accept the death penalty for the crime of raping a
child. Until now, murder was a single crime category that could be
April 12
USA:
The problem with measuring evolving standards of decency is that they
tend to evolve and devolve in multiple directions at the same time.
Trend It, Don't End It--Tracking the inscrutable social consensus on
capital punishment for rapists.
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court
April 6
USA:
Execution by lethal injection under renewed scrutiny
Most US states that permit lethal-injection executions prevent
veterinarians from using the same method to put animals down, according to
a new study.
One of the 3 drugs injected into condemned prisoners, the one that
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
March 31
USA:
The Vienna ConventionThe U.S. must ensure that arrested foreigners can
contact their consulates.
Jose ERNESTO Medellin is a Mexican national who has lived in the United
States for most of his life. In 1993, he was arrested in connection with
the rape and murder of 2
March 28
USA:
U.S. state efforts advance to abolish death penalty
In 1985, Kirk Bloodsworth was convicted of rape and murder and sent to
Maryland's death row. In 1993, DNA testing proved he was innocent.
He joined the 127 people in the United States who have been released from
death
March 27
USA:
Amnesty International
USA: Government must ensure meaningful judicial review of Mexican death
row cases 27 March 2008 AI Index: AMR 51/025/2008
On 25 March 2008, in a case involving the USA's obligation to comply with
judgments of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),
February 11, 2008
USA:
U.S. Said to Seek Execution for 6 in Sept. 11 Case
Military prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty for six
Guantánamo detainees who are to be charged with central roles in the
Sept. 11 terror attacks, government officials who have been briefed
on the
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
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
Jan. 17
USA:
Court upholds challenge to death row interview banThe federal prison
media policy focused too much on restricting rights rather than ensuring
the prison's security, the court held.
A federal policy prohibiting death row inmates from conducting
face-to-face interviews with
Jan. 18
USA:
Kenny Richey is proof that the death penalty doesn't need to be carried
out to destroy a lifeThe Scot has considered suicide more often in the
past week than during his time in jail
Kenny Richey, the 43-year-old Scotsman who returned home 10 days ago after
21 years on
Jan. 12
USA:
Should Christians support the death penalty?
Unquestionably the news of the day is the political primaries. For the
first time in many years there is no clear heir apparent to be the nominee
in either party, and the pundits are absolutely beside themselves because
they don't
Jan. 12
USA:
Humane Executions?
It hath often been said, that it is not death, but dying which is
terrible.Henry Fielding, Amelia
The question everyone is asking is whether anything is happening in the
United States of America other than a two year long marathon to decide who
will be the
Jan. 12
USA:
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http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4123542
(source: ABC News)
NEW JERSEY:
The difference
Lubbock County will soon be home to the 1st regional public defender
office in Texas. The office
Jan. 12
USA:
see these videos:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4123767
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4123542
(source: ABC News)
NEW JERSEY:
The difference
Lubbock County will soon be home to the 1st regional public defender
office in Texas. The office
my postings to this list will resume on Jan. 9
Jan. 3
USA:
Should the death penalty be abolished?
Ahead of a Supreme Court case on lethal injection, the Pew Forum took a
look at how U.S. religious groups view capital punishment. Here are some
of their beliefs:
American Baptist Churches
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has an interesting synopsis on
where the presidential candidates stand on the death penalty, including any
key votes they've taken on the issue:
http://pewforum.org/religion08/compare.php?Issue=Death_Penalty
There's also some analysis of public opinion
Dec. 30
USA:
Death watch
With its flaws becoming more and more apparent, no wonder the death
penalty is losing favor among many Americans.
It is the one punishment imposed by the legal system that once carried out
cannot be corrected with a turn of the key or an order from the
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
Dec. 5
USA:
25th Anniversary of Lethal Injection in US - Amnesty Intl
statementAmnesty International USA Press Statement
LETHAL INJECTION IS ANOTHER 'FAILED EXPERIMENT' THAT 'HAS A CORROSIVE
EFFECT ON THE MEDICAL PROFESSION,' SAYS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Larry Cox, executive director
Dec. 1
USA:
Stats where executions have been blocked or postponed due to the recent US
Supreme Court's decision to take the Kentucky (Baze) case:
Florida
Missouri
Maryland
California
Ohio
Delalware
Tennessee
Texas
Arkansas
North Carolina
South Dakota
(source: Death Penalty Information
Nov. 27
USA:
No humanity in capital punishment processThe methods used for the
death penalty in the U.S. serve no true justice.
In the hours preceding an execution, the San Quentin California State
Prison offers its doomed prisoner every measure of lukewarm comfort. The
inmate is
Nov. 27
USA:
Legal challenge forces death to take holiday
It's too late for Stephen Wayne Anderson, the last Inland killer executed
by the state. But for condemned inmates whose appeals are nearing the end,
an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case could alter the way they get the
3-drug
Nov. 20
USA:
Morality and the Death Penalty
To the Editor:
Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate (November 18, 2007) Re Does
Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate (front page, Nov. 18):
The revived debate over the death penalty already seems destined to miss
the mark. It is not
Nov. 14
USA:
Death-penalty cases on hold pending Supreme Court review
Prosecutor Matt Whitworth persuaded a jury to sentence Lisa Montgomery to
death, but he isn't expecting the Kansas woman to die anytime soon.
Whitworth, an assistant U.S. attorney in Kansas City, Mo., said that
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
Nov. 1
USA:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: US Senator Russ Feingold
Feingold Statement on the Severe Injustices of Capital Punishment
Today, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold made the following statement on the
severe injustices in capital punishment systems nationwide following the
Supreme
Nov. 2
USA:
Death penalty requires national soul-searching
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the execution of a Mississippi
death row inmate, so that it could determine whether death by lethal
injection violates the bar against the infliction of cruel and unusual
punishments
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