News
2007 General News
By Holding to Form, Texas Takes Execution Lead
- By: The New York Times
- 12/26/2007
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Executions in U.S. Decline to 13-Year Low, Study Finds
- By: New York Times
- 12/19/2007
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New Jersey Bans Death Penalty
- By: The New York Times
- 12/17/2007
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Charges Dismissed in Case of Wrongfully Convicted Death Row Inmate Jonathan Hoffman
- By: DeathWatch North Carolina
- 12/11/2007
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An Acquittal After 15 Years on Death Row
- By: New York Times
- 12/06/2007
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High Court Considers Play of Race Card
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 12/05/2007
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High court mulls racial bias in juror selection
- By: Usa Today
- 12/05/2007
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The Supreme Court takes on the OJ-obsessed Prosecutor
- By: Slate.com
- 12/05/2007
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Job Announcement
- By: Public Interest Litigation Clinic
- 12/03/2007
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Jury under justices' scrutiny
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 12/03/2007
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Baze v. Rees Resource Kit
- By: UC Berkeley School of Law
- 12/02/2007
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The long green mile of the death penalty
- By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- 12/02/2007
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Texas reaches milestone: 25 years, 405 executions
- By: Star Telegram
- 12/02/2007
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The Myth of Deterrence: Death penalty does not reduce homicide rate
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 12/02/2007
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Lethal Counsel
- By: The Observer Magazine
- 12/02/2007
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Vindicated by DNA, but a Lost Man on the Outside
- By: NY Times
- 11/25/2007
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A New Challenge to Ky. Executions Arises
- By: AP
- 11/24/2007
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Judge: Put Capital Appeals in Lower Calif. Courts; Lawyers: Pay Us More
- By: ABA Journal
- 11/21/2007
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Injection of Reflection
- By: Newsweek
- 11/19/2007
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FBI's Forensic Test Full of Holes
- By: Washington Post
- 11/18/2007
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Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate
- By: New York Times
- 11/18/2007
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Doctor barred by Missouri helps in federal executions
- By: LA Times
- 11/15/2007
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High Court May Shift in Cases Over Bad Lawyering
- By: Legal Times
- 11/12/2007
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Saved from execution, convicted killer looks for another miracle.
- By: Star Telegram
- 11/11/2007
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Former Warden Reconsiders Executions
- By: Dallas Observer
- 11/09/2007
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Assembly to move to abolish death penalty
- By: Associated Press
- 11/09/2007
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The Defense Rests … Because it's out of money. Inside the Brian Nichols case.
- By: Newsweek
- 11/09/2007
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O'Connor Says Judges Shouldn't Be Elected
- By: The Associated Press
- 11/08/2007
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Former Supreme Court Justice Defends the Poorly Defended
- By: The Hilltop
- 11/08/2007
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Wife of executed killer sues judge who blocked appeal
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 11/08/2007
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'Bad' Legal Advice and the Death Penalty
- By: The New York Times
- 11/05/2007
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Capital Cases Stall as Costs Grow Daunting
- By: NY Times
- 11/04/2007
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It’s Not Whether to Kill, but How
- By: NY Times
- 11/04/2007
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Judge bars new plan for executions
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 11/02/2007
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Florida Ruling on Lethal Injection
- By: New York Times
- 11/02/2007
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The Last Lethal Injection?
- By: The Washington Post
- 11/01/2007
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Alabama Sets Two New Execution Dates Despite Nationwide Execution Halt
- By: The Equal Justice Initiative
- 11/01/2007
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California may be forced to redesign executions
- By: Los Angles Times
- 10/31/2007
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Eyes on Supreme Court in Execution Case Tuesday
- By: NY Times
- 10/30/2007
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AG, ABA square off over death penalty
- By: Tuscaloosa News
- 10/30/2007
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Human Rights Magazine: The Death Penalty
- By: ABA Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities
- 10/30/2007
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Defense Offers New Evidence in a Murder Case That Shocked Arkansas
- By: NY Times
- 10/30/2007
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Justices Stay Execution, a Signal to Lower Courts
- By: NY Times
- 10/30/2007
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ABA: Freeze executions nationwide
- By: CNN/AP
- 10/29/2007
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Death Penalty Tests a Church as It Mourns
- By: New York Times
- 10/29/2007
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ABA Calls for National Execution Moratorium
- By: American Bar Association
- 10/29/2007
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Marylanders Lean Left on Gay Marriage, Death Penalty
- By: Washington Post
- 10/26/2007
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Costly trial puts heat on Georgia judge
- By: LA Times
- 10/26/2007
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Research and Writing Specialist, Capital Habeas Unit
- By: Law Offices of the Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- 10/26/2007
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Following Moratorium Trend, Court Halts Alabama Execution
- By: New York Times
- 10/25/2007
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Texas lawyers call for e-filed execution appeals
- By: The Houston Chronical
- 10/25/2007
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Alabama: Judge Refuses to Delay Execution
- By: AP
- 10/24/2007
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Judge may rule on execution today
- By: The Clarion Ledger - Alabama
- 10/24/2007
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Wendy's massacre killer John Taylor escapes execution
- By: New York Daily News
- 10/24/2007
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US executions on hold awaiting Supreme Court ruling
- By: AFP
- 10/22/2007
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Georgia Supreme Court grants killer stay of execution
- By: AP
- 10/22/2007
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When we come to the edge of the light we know, and are about to step off
- By: ABC News
- 10/21/2007
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Capital Punishment at Crossroads in US
- By: AP
- 10/20/2007
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Trying to Decipher the State of the Death Penalty
- By: NY Times
- 10/19/2007
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Supreme Court Halts Va. Inmate's Execution
- By: Washington Post
- 10/18/2007
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Murder trial halted over lack of money
- By: AP
- 10/18/2007
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Execution called off
- By: Nevada Appeal
- 10/16/2007
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A Reprieve in Nevada Adds to Lethal-Injection Drama
- By: Washington Post
- 10/16/2007
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Lethal injections: cruel and unusual?
- By: The Times (UK)
- 10/16/2007
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Nevada court stays execution of murderer at 11th hour
- By: AFP
- 10/16/2007
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Georgia Execution Filled With Uncertainty
- By: 13WMAZ (Macon, GA)
- 10/16/2007
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UK lawyers attempt to stop American execution
- By: The Times (UK)
- 10/16/2007
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Killer Emmett's latest appeal denied
- By: Richmond Times Dispatch
- 10/16/2007
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Editorial: Governor should delay Emmett's execution
- By: The Roanoke Times
- 10/16/2007
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Supreme Court Refuses To Dissolve Jones' Stay Of Execution
- By: AP
- 10/16/2007
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Justices to weigh lethal injection
- By: The San Jose Mercury News
- 10/15/2007
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Court rejects appeal by 30-year death row inmate
- By: Reuters
- 10/15/2007
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Texas unlikely to halt executions
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 10/15/2007
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Another death row suit is filed
- By: Press-Register (Alabama)
- 10/12/2007
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Attorneys for condemned man claim Virginia botched its last execution
- By: Associated Press
- 10/12/2007
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Fate of Kentucky murders could det. future of Ariz. executions
- By: Arizona Daily Star
- 10/12/2007
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DA defends death penalty filings
- By: Rocky Mountain News
- 10/09/2007
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Study finds major flaws in Pa. death penalty cases
- By: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- 10/09/2007
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Long wait, high cost plague Nichols trial
- By: ajc.com
- 10/08/2007
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It's U.S. versus Texas in death penalty case
- By: The Chicago Tribune
- 10/08/2007
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Judges were prepared to ponder execution appeal
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 10/04/2007
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Texas Ruling Signals Halt to Executions Indefinitely
- By: New York Times
- 10/03/2007
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High Court's Refusal of Inmate's Petition Includes Rebuke of State
- By: Washington Post
- 10/03/2007
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State officials reject judge's ruling on N.C. execution policy
- By: Winston-Salem Journal
- 10/03/2007
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Killer exhausts legal appeals, but execution not a done deal
- By: San Jose Mercury News
- 10/02/2007
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Rare Supreme Court Stay Halts a Texas Execution
- By: New York Times
- 09/28/2007
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Texas Planning New Execution Despite Ruling
- By: New York Times
- 09/28/2007
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Court to decide lethal injection, voter ID cases
- By: CNN
- 09/25/2007
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State asks to stop execution after ruling
- By: The Tennessean
- 09/25/2007
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A Matter of Life or Death: A Death Case Derailed
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 09/24/2007
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Bar association calls for Ohio to suspend death penalty system
- By: Cleveland.com
- 09/24/2007
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A Matter of Life or Death: Death still arbitrary
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 09/24/2007
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Judge Rules Against Tenn. Executions
- By: Associated Press
- 09/22/2007
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In restorative justice, victims and offenders have active roles
- By: San Antonio Express-News
- 09/16/2007
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Prison program puts faces on criminals, victims
- By: San Antonio Express-News
- 09/16/2007
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Prosecutor Who Opposed a Death Sentence Is Rebuked
- By: New York Times
- 09/15/2007
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Court stops execution at district attorney's request
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 09/14/2007
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Shelby DA taken off Death Row case
- By: The Birmingham News
- 09/13/2007
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State warms up electric chair for first time since 1960
- By: CNN
- 09/11/2007
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Public defenders inept
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 09/10/2007
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Official Quits in Georgia Public Defender Budget Dispute
- By: New York Times
- 09/07/2007
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Death Is Different
- By: PBS Expose
- 09/05/2007
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Did Texas Execute Innocent Men?
- By: Dan Rather Reports
- 09/05/2007
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State's highest court hears death penalty case
- By: Columbia Missourian
- 09/05/2007
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Death penalty debate could hinge on local case
- By: The News Enterprise
- 09/01/2007
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Perry spares inmate set to die today
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 08/31/2007
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Florida proposes to use more medical personnel in executions
- By: AP
- 08/31/2007
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American Bar Association Calls Proposed Rule on Death Penalty Appeals “Deeply and Fundamentally Flawed”
- By: ABA
- 08/31/2007
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Public defender chief quits; says courts should be 'told the truth'
- By: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 08/31/2007
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Judge takes on death row gridlock
- By: Los Angles Times
- 08/30/2007
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Judge takes on death row gridlock
- By: LA Times
- 08/30/2007
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Texas set to execute accomplice
- By: LA Times
- 08/30/2007
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Board votes to spare Texas man set to die tonight
- By: AP
- 08/30/2007
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Revenge begins to seem less sweet
- By: The Economist
- 08/30/2007
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Capital case tests post-conviction counsel
- By: National Law Journal
- 08/29/2007
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Medical Board Wants Death Penalty Lawsuit Dropped
- By: WRAL.com
- 08/29/2007
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Texas governor rejects EU request to end use of death penalty
- By: Jurist
- 08/23/2007
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Deception and the death penalty
- By: News and Observer
- 08/23/2007
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Bad Judgment: The attorney general may soon have unwarranted power in death penalty cases.
- By: Washington Post
- 08/23/2007
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West Texas Plans Public Defender Office for Capital Cases
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 08/23/2007
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West Texas Plans Public Defender Office for Capital Cases
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 08/23/2007
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West Texas Plans Public Defender Office for Capital Cases
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 08/23/2007
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Court overturns Billie Wayne Coble's death sentence
- By: Tribune-Herald
- 08/22/2007
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What Happened in Norfolk
- By: NY Times
- 08/20/2007
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Greasing the Wheels on the Machinery of Death
- By: NY Times
- 08/20/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: US Advocacy Director
- By: Human Rights Watch
- 08/17/2007
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Sidley Austin LLP Receives ABA Pro Bono Publico Award
- By: PR Newswire
- 08/13/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
- By: Federal Public Defender Program - Northern District of Georgia
- 08/09/2007
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Troy Davis' 'Day in Court' Brought Travesty of Justice
- By: The Atlanta Journal Constitution
- 08/09/2007
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Overturned
- By: The Huffington Post
- 08/09/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
- By: Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- 08/03/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT - 5 Positions
- By: Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- 08/03/2007
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County wants court dedicated to death penalty cases
- By: azcapitoltimes.com
- 08/01/2007
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After Flawed Executions, States Resort to Secrecy
- By: The New York Times
- 07/30/2007
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Study of Wrongful Convictions Raises Questions Beyond DNA
- By: New York Times
- 07/23/2007
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Restraining Excesive Defender Caseloads: The ABA Ethics Committee Requires Action
- By: The Champion
- 07/19/2007
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Texas Governor Signs Jessica's Law Bill Authored by Deuell
- By: The Herald Banner
- 07/19/2007
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Texas Governor Signs Jessica's Law Bill Authored by Deuell
- By: The Herald Banner
- 07/19/2007
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Supreme Court May Hear Two Lethal Injection Challenges Together
- By: Associated Press
- 07/19/2007
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At the High Court, Sometimes It's Personal
- By: Legal Times
- 07/18/2007
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ABA Exceptional Service Award for Death Penalty Representation
- By: American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project
- 07/18/2007
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Georgia Man Gets Reprieve a Day Before Execution
- By: Habeas-I News
- 07/17/2007
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Funding Woes Cripple Capital State Cases
- By: National Law Journal
- 07/16/2007
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Troy Davis' Execution Set for Tuesday; He Claims Innocence
- By: Associated Press
- 07/16/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
- By: Public Welfare Foundation
- 07/16/2007
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Nominate a Colleague for a NLADA Annual Conference Award
- By: National Legal Aid & Defender Association
- 07/16/2007
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South Dakota carries out first execution in 60 years
- By: AP
- 07/12/2007
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At the High Court, Sometimes It's Personal
- By: Legal Times
- 07/10/2007
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IQ Debate Unsettled in Death Penalty Cases
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 06/29/2007
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A Capital Cause
- By: New York Law Journal
- 06/29/2007
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A Capital Cause
- By: New York Law Journal
- 06/29/2007
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SUPREME COURT RULES TEXAS MAN WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS MAY NOT BE EXECUTED
- By: Death Penalty Information Center
- 06/28/2007
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Did Missouri execute an innocent man?
- By: AP
- 06/26/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
- By: Federal Public Defender - Middle District of Pennsylvania
- 06/21/2007
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N.J. court: Death penalty barred if one juror finds retardation
- By: AP
- 06/19/2007
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High court won't hear state Death Row claims
- By: The Birmingham News
- 06/19/2007
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Corrections Department issues new rules for performing executions
- By: AP
- 06/14/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
- By: Office of the Federal Public Defender - Middle District of Tennessee - Capital Habeas Unit
- 06/12/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
- By: Office of the Federal Defender - Eastern District of California - Capital Habeas Unit
- 06/12/2007
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IQ debate unsettled in death penalty cases
- By: LA Times
- 06/11/2007
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Botched injections inspire fight to ID executioners
- By: AP
- 06/05/2007
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Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence for Man Who Argued Juror Was Wrongly Excluded
- By: The Associated Press
- 06/05/2007
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Executions in CA unlikely the rest of the year
- By: Los Angeles Times (www.LATimes.com)
- 06/02/2007
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Texas woman on death row still represents rarity
- By: CNN
- 05/29/2007
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JOB Announcement: ABA Death Penalty Rep. Project
- By: ABA
- 05/14/2007
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Inmate to be freed after murder charge dropped
- By: newsok.com
- 05/11/2007
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Executed man's last request honored -- pizza for homeless
- By: CNN
- 05/10/2007
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Tennessee Carries Out First Execution Since Lethal Injection Review
- By: NY Times
- 05/09/2007
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Rebeca Chapa: Inmate a perfect case for innocence panel
- By: San Antonio Express-News
- 05/07/2007
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Revive the death penalty? Not without first reforming it
- By: JEFFREY DESKOVIC
- 05/07/2007
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Death Row inmate executed for 1978 slayings
- By: AP
- 05/07/2007
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Convicted killer fears his last moments
- By: CNN
- 05/04/2007
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Exonerations Change How Justice System Builds a Prosecution
- By: Washington Post
- 05/03/2007
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PRESS RELEASE
- By: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
- 05/02/2007
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Justices, 5 to 4, Overturn 3 Texas Death Sentences
- By: New York Times
- 04/26/2007
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Job Posting: Idaho Deputy State Appellate Public Defender-Boise
- By: Office of the State Appellate Public Defender
- 04/25/2007
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Executed in U.S. may be awake as they suffocate
- By: CNN/AP
- 04/24/2007
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Longer execution ban urged
- By: tennessean.com
- 04/23/2007
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Job Posting:AFPD position in Oklahoma City
- By: Jim Drummond-CHU
- 04/20/2007
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Arnold kills death chamber project at San Quentin
- By: LA Times
- 04/20/2007
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A Death Sentence Is Brought to Mind
- By: ABA Journal
- 04/16/2007
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Death row inmates seek more appeals
- By: AP
- 04/13/2007
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Supreme Court Preview: The Death Penalty in Texas
- By: Associate Professor of Law, Texas Southern University
- 04/11/2007
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Split grows on hearsay evidence
- By: National Law Journal Online
- 04/10/2007
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States look at reforming lineup methods
- By: National Law Journal Online
- 04/10/2007
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The death penalty has served its time
- By: The Sentinel
- 04/04/2007
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Court to hear case on executions
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 04/03/2007
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Gonzales the Cipher
- By: Washington Post
- 04/03/2007
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DA's may be liable for failing to control snitches
- By: LA Times
- 04/02/2007
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Three fired U.S. attorneys balked at seeking death penalty
- By: LA Times
- 03/26/2007
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In Alabama, Execution Without Representation
- By: New York Times
- 03/26/2007
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Job Announcement
- By: Federal Capital Habeas Project
- 03/21/2007
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Death Penalty Project head to argue at Supreme Court
- By: Ithaca Journal
- 03/21/2007
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Supreme Court Blocks Execution of Ohio Inmate
- By: The Associated Press
- 03/21/2007
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The brain on the stand
- By: New York Times Magazine
- 03/14/2007
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More Lawmakers Take a Stand Against Death Penalty
- By: The National Law Journal
- 03/06/2007
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Policy Shift on Death Penalty Overwhelms Arizona Court
- By: Herald Tribune
- 03/05/2007
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Public closed out of death penalty hearing
- By: AZ Central
- 03/01/2007
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Montana Senate approves capital punishment abolition bill
- By: Jurist
- 02/26/2007
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Death-penalty backlog strains justice system
- By: The Arizona Republic
- 02/22/2007
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Kill Maryland's Death Penalty
- By: Washington Post
- 02/20/2007
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NM House passes death penalty repeal
- By: El Paso Times
- 02/13/2007
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JOB POSTING: Forensic Social Historian (mitigation specialist)
- By: Office of the State Appellate Defender, Post Conviction Unit
- 02/12/2007
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Tenn. execution manual full of errors
- By: Associated Press Writer
- 02/12/2007
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House panel votes to abolish death penalty
- By: Rocky Mountain News
- 02/08/2007
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Easley: Death penalty on hold
- By: News and Observer
- 02/07/2007
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N.C. Council of State approves new execution procedure
- By: Associated Press
- 02/06/2007
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Governor halts all executions for 90 days over concerns for execution process
- By: tennessean.com
- 02/02/2007
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A Governor Stands Up: And Maryland's death penalty gets a powerful foe
- By: Washington Post editorial
- 02/01/2007
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Bill would make death sentences easier
- By: AP
- 01/30/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Attorney
- By: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
- 01/30/2007
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Retardation appeals in limbo, years after ruling
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 01/29/2007
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Death row inmate to get new trial in O.C. slaying
- By: LA Times
- 01/29/2007
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N.C. may join trend toward death-penalty moratorium
- By: Associated Press
- 01/29/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Development Director
- By: Texas Defender Service
- 01/29/2007
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O'Malley Voices Support of Bill to End Death Penalty
- By: Washington Post
- 01/26/2007
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Bills would end, fix death penalty
- By: Argus Leader Media
- 01/26/2007
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Broader Scope for Execution Approved
- By: Washington Post
- 01/24/2007
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2 N.C. inmates ask to halt executions
- By: Associated Press
- 01/24/2007
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Inmates claim lethal injection violates federal drug laws
- By: Associated Press
- 01/24/2007
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Between life and death: A group of young lawyers is some prisoners' only hope
- By: McClatchy Newspapers
- 01/22/2007
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Nonstop to the death house: Appeals courts often overlook lawyers' errors
- By: McClatchy Newspapers
- 01/22/2007
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Indefensible? Lawyers in key death penalty states often fall short
- By: McClatchy Newspapers
- 01/22/2007
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Texas Side-Step: Have the Supreme Court's opinions become suggestions in Texas?
- By: slate.com
- 01/18/2007
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Supreme Court Hears Texas Death Penalty Cases
- By: Legal Times
- 01/18/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Resources Development Attorney
- By: California Appellate Project – San Francisco
- 01/17/2007
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT-Case Assistance Attorney
- By: California Appellate Project in San Francisco
- 01/17/2007
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Death penalty: Lethal injection on trial
- By: Stateline.org
- 01/17/2007
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Child sex bills raising concern
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 01/05/2007
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Debate over death penalty gears up
- By: STAR-TELEGRAM
- 01/03/2007
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Lawyers win overhead pay
- By: The Birmingham News
- 01/02/2007
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Special New Jersey panel urges state to abolish death penalty
- By: AP
- 01/02/2007
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