May 16
NEW YORK:
Death penalty politics
So what were Monday's deliberations by the state Senate all about, really?
A rather lopsided vote to restore the death penalty, at least for the
convicted killers of police officers, surely qualifies as a show of force.
There's no question where
Oct. 23
NEW YORK:
Death penalty would help limit crime
In response to Suzanne Schnittman's Oct. 14 letter about more gun control,
does she realize that New York state is one of the most restrictive states
in the country when it comes to gun control? Hand gun laws are very
restrictive, and
June 25
NEW YORK:
Death penalty shouldn't be for just cop killers
Although we are horrified by the recent murders of members of our police
community, in reality, murder is murder, and it shouldn't matter whether
it's a cop or just the average John/Jane Doe.
It was stated in a recent
April 8
NEW YORKre: possible federal death penalty
Notorious Brooklyn Drug Lord Could Face Death Penalty
A federal judge has cleared the way for a notorious drug lord in Brooklyn
to face the death penalty.
Kenneth Supreme McGriff and 4 co-defendants were supposed to go on trial
in
April 6
NEW YORK:
Assembly must vote on death penalty
As predicted, the Assembly's Democrats are headed toward killing New
York's death penalty by bottling it up in committee rather than allowing
the full house to vote on the most important criminal justice issue on the
agenda. Speaker
death penalty news
April 8, 2005
NEW YORK:
Putting death penalty on Death Row
Talk about a mercy killing: Albany is finally on the verge of putting the
death penalty out of its misery.
It was last summer that the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals,
pulled the plug on capital
Jan. 17
NEW YORK:
Morgenthau deserves to stay in the DA's job
In her frequent appearances on Court TV and NBC, Leslie Crocker Snyder
comes across as a smart and savvy lawyer. And as a former New York State
judge for almost 20 years, she earned a reputation as a no-nonsense jurist
who
