News
2003 General News
Death Sentences Dip Again
- By: LA Times
- 12/29/2003
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Malvo gets justice, not death
- By: USA TODAY
- 12/29/2003
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Man on Death Row 24 Years Seems to Gain Before Justices
- By: New York Times
- 12/09/2003
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Returned to Life
- By: NY TIMES
- 12/05/2003
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On their own
- By: National Law Journal
- 12/01/2003
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Supreme Court to Clarify Impact of Death Penalty Ruling
- By: Washington Post
- 12/01/2003
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On Their Own: Alabama Inmates Face Post-Conviction Process Without Counsel
- By: National Law Journal
- 11/30/2003
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Decades of Effort Achieve Success in Death Row
- By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- 11/24/2003
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For Jurors, Stress of Capital Case Can Linger: Researchers Find An Emotional Toll
- By: Washington Post
- 11/21/2003
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Illinois Lawmakers Revamp Death Penalty
- By: Chicago Herald Sun
- 11/20/2003
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Murderer's life spared; Gates resentenced to life without parole after mistrial.
- By: MEG PIRNIE
- 11/13/2003
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`Live from Death Row': He has finally found justice--now he must conquer freedom
- By: Chicago Tribune
- 11/04/2003
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Supreme Court granting fewer stays of execution
- By: USA TODAY
- 10/30/2003
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Criminal justice groups cite failures in indigent defense system
- By: Austin American Statesman
- 10/29/2003
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Why Is Doil Lane Still on Death Row?
- By: Austin Chronicle
- 10/23/2003
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Victim's Son Is Given Award for Forgiving Father's Murderer
- By: New York Times
- 10/23/2003
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Critics Say Execution Drug May Hide Suffering
- By: New York Times
- 10/07/2003
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Ruling Allows Forcible Drugging of an Inmate Before Execution
- By: New York Times
- 10/07/2003
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Push in Massachusetts for a Death Penalty
- By: New York Times
- 09/23/2003
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Case reflects great need for, rewards of free legal service
- By: Philadelphia Inquirer
- 09/21/2003
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The second life of Kirk Bloodsworth
- By: Baltimore Sun
- 09/06/2003
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The ABA Death Penalty Representation Project recruits it's 100th law firm team!
- By: DPRP
- 09/05/2003
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Judges' Rulings Imposing Death Are Overturned
- By: New York Times
- 09/03/2003
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Civil firms can offer life to inmates on death row. Greater resources provide a legal edge.
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 09/02/2003
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Prosecutors Fight DNA Use for Exoneration
- By: New York Times
- 08/29/2003
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Saving The Life Of An Innocent Man - On The Eve Of Execution
- By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- 08/27/2003
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Missouri Supreme Court overturns juvenile death sentence
- By: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- 08/26/2003
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Click to hear former Illinois Governor Ryan's speech at the American Bar Association's Annual Meeting 2003, San Francisco
- By: C-Span
- 08/26/2003
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Unconstitutional Procedure May Not Halt Execution
- By: New York Times
- 08/19/2003
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Federal Judge Expresses Concern About Death Penalty
- By: New York Times
- 08/13/2003
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Inmate swaps death sentence for 20 years. (Case handled by Locke Liddell & Sapp, a firm recruited by the Death Penalty Representation Project)
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 08/13/2003
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Summer Associates Get Taste of Life After Death Row
- By: New York Law Journal
- 08/04/2003
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DEATH ROW EXONERATIONS REACH RECORD NUMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
- By: Death Penalty Information Center
- 07/30/2003
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Hofstra University School of Law and the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project present: Strengthening the Guiding Hand of Counsel: Reforming Capital Defense Systems
- By: Hofstra University School of Law and the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project
- 07/25/2003
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Death Row Inmate Gets Support for DNA Test From Odd Source
- By: New York Times
- 07/24/2003
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City settles with freed inmate for $9 million
- By: Austin American Statesman
- 07/18/2003
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Guarding Death's Door: How do prosecutors really decide whether to seek the ultimate penalty in murder cases? An in-depth look at a D.A.'s struggle to ensure that only the guilty go to the death chamber.
- By: Time Magazine
- 07/09/2003
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In the Face of Death
- By: New York Times Magazine
- 07/07/2003
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9th Circuit Flips Death Conviction, Faults Defense
- By: The Recorder
- 07/02/2003
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Kevin Wiggins v. Sewall Smith: Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Bar Association in Support of Petitioner Wiggins
- By: American Bar Association
- 06/26/2003
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Convicted killer avoids death row; Notorious `sleeping lawyer case' ends in plea agreement
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 06/20/2003
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DNA's truths should end death penalty
- By: New York Daily News
- 06/20/2003
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Patton says he plans to commute sentence of juvenile killer.
- By: Associated Press
- 06/18/2003
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Juries Reject Death Penalty in Nearly All Federal Trials
- By: New York Times
- 06/16/2003
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Federal appeals court stays Abdur'Rahman execution.
- By: Associated Press
- 06/09/2003
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Jury to Be Killer's Arbiter, Court Says.
- By: Washington Post
- 06/09/2003
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Judge to Jurors: Thou Shalt Not Consult Scripture
- By: The National Law Journal
- 06/03/2003
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Senate sends death penalty reform to governor
- By: Chicago Tribune
- 05/30/2003
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Indigent defense gets force but needs funds
- By: Bill Rankin; Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 05/23/2003
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Utah prepares for two firing-squad executions in June
- By: San Franscisco Gate
- 05/22/2003
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The wrong counsel: Closing the state offices that provide competent legal counsel to death-row inmates shows a disregard for fairness in Florida's already flawed criminal justice system.
- By: St. Petersburg Times
- 05/22/2003
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Caring for at-risk children can help head off tragedy
- By: Jack Martin
- 05/16/2003
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New Orleans man cleared in '84 murder
- By: New Orleans Times Picayune
- 05/09/2003
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After Exoneration, Then What?
- By: New York Times
- 05/09/2003
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The Silencing of Gideon's Trumpet
- By: New York Times
- 04/20/2003
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