Aug. 23
NEW YORK:
'The Exonerated' to Be Revived at the Culture Project
The Exonerated, a critically-acclaimed play about wrongfully-convicted
survivors of death row, which had star-filled casts for its Off Broadway run
from 2002 to 2004, will return for a 7-week run starting Sept. 15
June 20
NEW YORK:
Senate Passes Death Penalty Bill
The death penalty is in the hands of the state Assembly after the Senate
has passed a bill Wednesday that would amend the states death penalty law
to fix a provision that was ruled invalid by the state Court of Appeals.
According to a
July 12
NEW YORK:
Death Penalty Disquiet on High Court Echoes Earlier TimeAnti-capital
punishment advocates hope momentum is on their side, but for now, the
votes on the Court aren't there
Criticism of capital punishment is mounting. States are executing fewer
death row inmates. 2 new
May 22
NEW YORK:
Justice Derailed
The murder happened in snow-covered Rochester, N.Y., on New Year's Day in
1996.
As the police and prosecutors told it, a 63-year-old activist named
William Beason was stabbed to death in his home by a young sex hustler and
ex-convict named Douglas Warney.
death penalty news
April 12, 2005
NEW YORK:
Assembly Committee Kills Death Penalty Bill
The Democratic-controlled state Assembly's powerful Codes Committee voted
11-7 Tuesday not to send legislation aimed at reinstating New York's death
penalty to the full house for a vote, a move that may
death penalty news
April 12, 2005
NEW YORK:
Albany Panel Closes Door on Death Penalty Measure
Democrats in the State Assembly closed the door today on reviving the death
penalty in New York State this year, handing a significant victory to
groups that are trying to build national momentum
April 13
NEW YORK:
New York Assembly Democrats Close Off Death Penalty for 2005
Democrats in the State Assembly closed the door Tuesday on reviving the
death penalty in New York State this year, handing a significant victory
to opponents of capital punishment who are trying to build
July 23
NEW YORK:
Death Penalty to Be Sought in Killing of Two Police Detectives
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced yesterday that they planned to
seek the death penalty against a man accused of fatally shooting two
police detectives in an undercover gun purchase on Staten Island 2
July 2
NEW YORK:
Death penalty ruling upholds law, not Legislature
Politicians often have a gut reaction -- yes or no -- to capital
punishment. And it's clear they wanted the judges on New York's highest
court to behave the same way. That's the beauty of our checks-and-balances
system.
July 12
NEW YORK:
Lawmakers vow to fix death penalty -- Legislators say they will work
together to address problems cited in Court of Appeals decision
In Albany, opponents of capital punishment in New York say they hope a
court ruling invalidating the state's death penalty statute will
death penalty news
July 15, 2004
NEW YORK:
Legislature prepares to act on death penalty bill
Pataki, Bruno, Silver promise quick action, but League of Women Voters
urges care over speed
Gov. George Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver all
Nov. 29
NEW YORK:
Death penalty backers fear N.Y. law may fizzle
Death penalty supporters are complaining that an Assembly plan to hold
hearings on the state's flawed capital punishment statute is a stalling
tactic that will only kill the law.
This is just an attempt to destroy any
Dec. 1
NEW YORK:
Silver Announces Death Penalty Hearings
New York City, Albany Forums Seek Public DialogueOn New York's
Experience With Controversial Statute
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced that the Assembly
Committees on Codes, Judiciary and Corrections will
Jan. 2
NEW YORKfederal death penalty
A Legal Quest Against the Death Penalty
At night in his chambers, the federal judge would sign on to the Internet.
He would pore over the details of criminal cases from around the country
that had resulted in death sentences, and in which serious
death penalty news
March 18, 2005
NEW YORK:
NY State Senate Passes Bill To Bring Back Death Penalty
The New York State Senate passed legislation last Wednesday co-sponsored by
Glendale Senator Serphin Maltese that, if signed into law, would reinstate
the death penalty in New York.
The
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