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2009 General News

What the law commands

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/20/2009
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Hampton Runs for Republican-Dominated Court

  • By: The Austin Chronicle
  • 11/20/2009
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Killer executed after Perry rejects panel's advice

Hire a Lawyer, Avoid the Death Penalty

  • By: Criminal Justice - Change.org
  • 11/20/2009
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Russia enshrines ban on death penalty

ABA Says Ruling Didn't Diminish Importance Of Its Guidelines for Capital Representation

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 11/19/2009
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Parole board urges Perry to spare Houston killer

Controversial 7th Circuit Nominee Clears Senate Hurdle

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 11/19/2009
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Parole board won't spare Ohio mutilation killer

Death Penalty Legislation Could Change

Editorial: CSI: Texas

Editorial: Justice delayed is justice denied

Crisp: Abolish it, or make us all watch

The Federalist Society Annual Dinner: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Pitts: Struggling through the gray areas of life

Editorial: For kids, life in prison without parole is cruel and unusual punishment

Bruning: Advance lethal injection

  • By: The Omaha World-Herald
  • 11/17/2009
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Death penalty put Constitution on collision course with itself

Ohio Finds Itself Leading the Way to a New Execution Method

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/17/2009
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Hasan Charged with 13 Counts of Murder in Ft. Hood Attack

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/17/2009
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Editorial: Regardless of case, death penalty is wrong

Editorial: Justice too slow for death row inmates

  • By: Hattiesburg American
  • 11/17/2009
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Justice isn't served by rush to execute

  • By: Milwakee Journal-Sentinel
  • 11/17/2009
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The problem with capital punishment

DC sniper's execution reignites death penalty debate

  • By: USA Today Faith & Reason
  • 11/17/2009
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Death penalty considered a boon by some California inmates

Editorial: All rivers can change course

  • By: Casper Star-Tribune
  • 11/17/2009
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Editorial: Our view: juvenile injustice

  • By: Anchorage Daily News
  • 11/17/2009
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Supreme Court Weighs Juvenile Life Sentences

  • By: US News & World Report
  • 11/17/2009
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Faster path to adult jail?

  • By: St. Petersburg Times
  • 11/17/2009
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Kids or Young Adults? Facing Life in Prison

  • By: NYT The Bay Area Blog
  • 11/17/2009
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Dollars add up in capital trials

  • By: Walla-Walla Union Bulletin
  • 11/17/2009
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Run-up to date with executioner runs up tab, too

  • By: Walla-Walla Union Bulletin
  • 11/17/2009
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Death penalty divides local law enforcers

  • By: Walla-Walla Union Bulletin
  • 11/17/2009
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Capital punishment has long history in world

  • By: Walla-Walla Union Bulletin
  • 11/17/2009
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Death penalty a rarity in Washington

  • By: Walla-Walla Union Bulletin
  • 11/17/2009
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Priming Postconviction Representation

  • By: ABA Criminal Justice Section Magazine
  • 11/17/2009
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Procedural Obstacles to Reviewing Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel Claims in State and Federal Postconviction Proceedings

  • By: ABA Criminal Justice Section Magazine
  • 11/17/2009
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Postconviction Claims of Innocence

  • By: ABA Criminal Justice Section Magazine
  • 11/17/2009
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Gubernatorial Clemency Powers

  • By: ABA Criminal Justice Section Magazine
  • 11/17/2009
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From Arrest to Reintegration: A Model for Mitigating Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings

  • By: ABA Criminal Justice Section Magazine
  • 11/17/2009
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Texas death row man claims inmates' numbered days are form of torture

Texas accounts for half of executions in US but now has doubts over death row

Death penalty in the US

Texas slowly realises that the death penalty is always wrong

Death sentences have dropped sharply after life without parole became possible

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 11/16/2009
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Prosecution will cost county plenty

  • By: Amarillo Globe-News
  • 11/16/2009
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Austin scientist attacks arson convictions

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 11/16/2009
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Texas commission reviewing complaints about handling of forensic evidence in criminal cases should work in public

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 11/16/2009
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Texans too quiet about their state’s broken justice system

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 11/16/2009
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Execution system unjust in Texas

  • By: Amarillo Globe-News
  • 11/16/2009
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Ohio to switch to 1 drug for lethal injection

Ohio will switch to single-drug lethal injection system for executions

Ohio to use untested one-drug method to execute death row inmates

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 11/16/2009
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Ohio elects one-drug method for lethal injection

Ohio switching to be only state with single-drug lethal injections

South Center for Human Rights to get ne w leader

  • By: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 11/16/2009
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Northern Virginia Capital Defender Office - Assistant Capital Defender

  • By: Virginia Indigent Defense Commission
  • 11/16/2009
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The Lethal Injection College Fund

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 11/16/2009
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No place for death penalty in enlightened society

  • By: Aurora Beacon-News
  • 11/16/2009
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Editorial: Governor's office should release Willingham clemency report

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 11/16/2009
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Adding to death penalty debate

  • By: San Antonio Express-News
  • 11/16/2009
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Don't pick lawyer to do science

Views from the Left

  • By: Alvin Sun-Advertiser
  • 11/16/2009
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Death row: Now what?

Obama’s Judicial Nominations

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/16/2009
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30 Years After Murder, Is His Appeal Too Late?

Court adds one new case

  • By: Supreme Court of the United States Blog
  • 11/16/2009
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Executions don't deter criminals

The flaws of lethal injection

Gov. candidates disagree on death penalty

  • By: The State Journal Register
  • 11/16/2009
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Ex-prosecutor: 'I made a mistake'

  • By: The Topeka Capital Journal
  • 11/15/2009
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Death penalty rare, executions rarer in military

Jim Ryan apologizes for wrongfully putting 2 men on Death Row in Nicarico

Case could decide whether Georgia can afford the death penalty

  • By: Atlanta Journal Constitution
  • 11/12/2009
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Justice considers the role of age in life sentences

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/11/2009
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Supreme Court Grapples With Constitutionality of Juvenile Sentences

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 11/11/2009
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Life prison sentences for minors divide court

Supreme Court weighs life sentences for juveniles

At Supreme Court, no accord over life sentences for juveniles

  • By: The Christian Science Monitor
  • 11/11/2009
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Death penalty is considered a boon by some California inmates

Kaine clears way for DC Sniper Execution

DC Sniper Executed Tuesday

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/10/2009
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Supreme Court Denies Execution Stay in DC Sniper Case

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 11/10/2009
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A murder mystery by the numbers

Editorial: Texas Science Forensic Commission

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 11/10/2009
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Editorial: Senate panel needs clarity from forensic chairman

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 11/10/2009
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Texas Senate hearing today to focus on panel that reviewed 2004 arson case

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 11/10/2009
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Forensic commission may emerge from controversy stronger, more effective, lawmaker says

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 11/10/2009
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Texas Senate panel considers forensic commission

The Brief

Texas resists family's efforts to clear executed man's name

Graham v. Florida Transcript

Sullivan v. Florida transcript

Analysis: the Chief leads on juvenile sentences?

High court looks at life sentences for juveniles

Death penalty cases take time and scrutiny

Utah parole board wields power judiciously

Death penalty hangs in balance as debate heats up

  • By: Walla-Walla Union Bulletin
  • 11/09/2009
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Editorial: The smell test

Cops 'Scent Lineup' Called Junk Science

Editorial: Imprisoning a Child for Life

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/09/2009
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Editorial: Locked away forever

Editorial: Cruel life in prison

A second chance at freedom for juvenile offenders

Is there no redemption for children?

  • By: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 11/09/2009
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Inquiring into the juvenile mind

Weighing Life in Prison for Youths Who Didn't Kill

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/09/2009
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Supreme Court case: juvenile offeners serving life in prison

  • By: The Christian Science Monitor
  • 11/09/2009
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High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

Supreme Court to examine life behind bars for juveniles

High Court Weighs Life Terms for Minors

Young Lives, Long Sentences

  • By: CBS News CourtWatch Blog
  • 11/09/2009
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Should repeat juvenile offenders be sentenced to life in prison?

Way cleared for Muhammad execution

Surprises under Williamson DA's image

  • By: American-Statesman
  • 11/08/2009
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Texas forensic science agency's new chief calls for changes as arson inquiry continues

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 11/07/2009
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Panel on forensic science to establish ground rules

  • By: The Houston Chronicle
  • 11/06/2009
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State's public defenders see fewer cases

Death penalty foes rip Coakley for signing brief

US lawmaker pushes death penalty appeals overhaul

High Court Justices Weigh Tradition of Prosecutorial Immunity Against Potential Civil Rights Violations

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 11/05/2009
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Ohio Supreme Court sets 2 new execution dates

Bible played role in Texas execution case

Fired Up: Changes Sought for Texas Forensic Science Commission

Statehouse Live: Death penalty repeal set for debate next session

  • By: Lawrence Journal-World and News
  • 11/04/2009
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Ohio GOP Lawmakers: Execution Process Can Be Fixed

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 11/04/2009
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Khristian Oliver set to die by lethal injection

  • By: The Daily Sentinel
  • 11/04/2009
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Supreme Court hears arguments in prosecutorial immunity, capital cases

  • By: Jurist Leal News and Research
  • 11/04/2009
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Life, death and the prodigal son

Justices, in Aftermath of 2 Murder Cases, Hear Claims of a Process Gone Wrong

Editorial: Willingham - so many questions that refuse to go away

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 11/04/2009
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Editorial: Willingham case could improve forensic analysis

Jacobs: What's the real agenda behind the Willingham brouhaha?

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 11/04/2009
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Fla. justices respond to death penalty confusion

Ark. Supreme Court upholds lethal injection law

Court clears way for Williams execution, AG in no rush

  • By: Arkansas News Bureau
  • 11/04/2009
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The velvet glove: why the soft approach sometimes works

Why is American history so murderous?

Justices will scrutinize life sentences for youths

Editorial: Throwing away the key

  • By: Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 11/04/2009
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The Case Against Juvenile Life Without Parole: Good Policy and Good Law

Myths of get-tough law

  • By: St. Petersburg Times
  • 11/04/2009
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Don't give up on the kids

Supreme Court Should Apply Roper Reasoning to Upcoming Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Cases

Giving child offenders a chance

The juvenile damned

Sending children to prison for life

Georgia Supreme Court to Consider Effects of Delayed and Unfunded Representation in Death Penalty Case

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 11/04/2009
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SCOTUS Preview: Wood v. Allen

Application of AEDPA to Review of State Determinations of Fact (Wood v. Allen Argument Preview)

U.S. Supreme Court scrutinizing lawyers

  • By: Wisonsin Law Journal
  • 11/04/2009
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NH bill to make home raid killings capital crime

DC sniper should not be executed

  • By: Allentown Morning Call
  • 11/04/2009
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Plea to deny execution in sniper case

Supreme Court asked to spare sniper

DC sniper asks Supreme Court to block execution

Idaho prosecutors opting not to seek death penalty

  • By: Boise Idaho Statesman
  • 11/04/2009
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Editorial: Capital punishment may be gone for good in Idaho

  • By: Twin Falls Times-News
  • 11/04/2009
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From arson to politics

The Execution of a Potentially Innocent Man Less Scandalous Than an Affair?

Picked From a Lineup, On a Whiff of Evidence

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/04/2009
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Editorial: Death penalty cases costly; instead, seek life sentences

  • By: Spokane Spokesman-Review
  • 11/04/2009
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Hank: Bill to protect innocent Americans from execution

  • By: Georgia's Fourth Congressional District
  • 11/03/2009
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When procedure trumps justice

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 11/02/2009
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Mexico reaches record 100 extraditions to US

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 11/02/2009
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When Can States Preclude Federal Habeas Review?

California killer's case back before Supreme Court

Richie: For Perry, it's self before service

  • By: The Austin American-Statesman
  • 11/02/2009
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Eye on Austin: Watchdog and the mouse

A Texas-Sized Injustice

  • By: The Harvard Crimson
  • 11/01/2009
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Morality and the Death Penalty

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 10/30/2009
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Death Row Case Delays Flagged

Attorney general wants stay of execution lifted

Ohio's latest stay of execution signals problems with state's death penalty protocol

  • By: Jurist Legal News and Research
  • 10/28/2009
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My search as a cop for justice in a flawed criminal system

  • By: The Christian Science Monitor
  • 10/28/2009
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How Do You Rectify the Ultimate Mistake?

Charges dismissed in yogurt shop case

The cost of executions

  • By: Jackson Free Press
  • 10/28/2009
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Texas Faith: Are Texans immoral for supporting the death penalty?

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 10/27/2009
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Death row inmate hopes for Perry's intervention

National Pro Bono Celebration

  • By: ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service
  • 10/27/2009
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Chronicle sues Perry over clemency report

Ohio can't find doctors to offer execution advice

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The Last Lawyer: The Fight to Save Death Row Inmates

Death Row Inmates In Texas Tell Their Stories in New Book

It can be a slow process for those on death row

  • By: Florida Times-Union
  • 10/26/2009
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Georgia's execution procedure appears cold, precise, final

Murder trial costs Gray County a lot

  • By: Lubbock Avalanche Journal
  • 10/26/2009
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Life sentence plea deal could lower Wong trial costs

  • By: Asheville (NC) Citizen Times
  • 10/26/2009
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Death penalty study begins

Panel puts death penalty on trial

Juror in James Degorski trial now says he opposes capital punishment

James Degorski spared death penalty for Palatine massacre

2004 Execution Haunts Texas Governor's Race

All Things Considered

  • By: NPR All Things Considered
  • 10/26/2009
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Did the New Yorker Bring Back the Death Penalty Debate?

A sentence too cruel for children

Second Chances

Is death row worth the cost?

  • By: Santa-Rosa Press Democrat
  • 10/26/2009
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Passalacqua hasn't pursued the death penalty

  • By: Santa-Rosa Press Democrat
  • 10/26/2009
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Death penalty only hurts taxpayers

Death penalty hold-outs

Arizona may put state prisons in private hands

  • By: The New York Times
  • 10/26/2009
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Texas, the Eyes of Justice Are Upon You

Candidates for governor nearly in lockstep when it comes to the death penalty

  • By: Dallas Morning News Death Penalty Blog
  • 10/26/2009
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Democrats in governor's race signal support for death penalty

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 10/26/2009
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Debra Medina on Perry and the Willingham execution

Editorial: Cameron Todd Willingham: executed but innocent?

More Than 400 Texans Urge Forensic Panel to Continue its Work

Leading Law Group Withdraws Model Death Penalty Laws Because System is Unfixable

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 10/26/2009
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Missouri public defender system faces ‘caseload crisis,’ study says

  • By: The Kansas City Star
  • 10/25/2009
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Stacy Kuykendall's statement about the 1991 fire

LAW REVIEW: Death Penalty Stories

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 10/23/2009
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Court Pressure in Arizona Leads to Settlements in Death Cases

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 10/22/2009
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NEW VOICES: Former Texas Governor Now Expresses Doubts About Death Penalty

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 10/21/2009
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Reasons to rethink death penalty

Gov. Rick Perry reiterates support for Texas' death penalty process

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 10/21/2009
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Suburban Dallas cop killer loses at Supreme Court

  • By: The Houston Chronicle
  • 10/20/2009
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Death penalty should be used efficiently or not at all

STUDIES: Disparities in Legal Representation in Harris County, Texas

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 10/20/2009
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Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 10/20/2009
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New DPIC report - Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 10/20/2009
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New Report Shows States Can Save Hundreds of Millions by Abolishing the Death Penalty

Ending death penalty could save US millions: study

Study: States can't afford death penalty

Death penalty not a deterrent, police chiefs say

  • By: The Columbus Dispatch
  • 10/20/2009
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Death penalty not efficient, police chiefs say

Killing people is just too expensive

Only 1 in 10 death sentences get carried out, report says

Death penalty no deterrent, police chiefs say

  • By: Pittsburgh Post-Gazatte
  • 10/20/2009
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From a budget standpoint, is death row worth it?

Prosecutors won't be called to testify on death penalty

Is death penalty law constitutional?

  • By: Hometown Annapolis
  • 10/20/2009
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Perry uses clemency sparingly on death row

What Stacy Said

  • By: New Yorker NewsDesk Blog
  • 10/19/2009
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The costs to society and the state of capital punishment are too high to justify

  • By: The Plain Dealer Editorial Board
  • 10/19/2009
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Texas execution: Statements by Gov. Rick Perry, others don't align with facts Case of Cameron Todd Willingham in doubt

Executed man never confessed to setting fire, ex-wife says

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 10/19/2009
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Review death penalty law, ex-governor urges

Arson case adds new twist to Texas candidates' death penalty stance

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 10/19/2009
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Perry keeps Willingham memo a secret

Local attorney says controversy helpful in arson execution case

  • By: Waco Tribune-Herald
  • 10/19/2009
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New Yorker author responds to Kuykendall affadavit

  • By: Corsicana Daily Sun
  • 10/19/2009
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Pennsylvania is at serious risk of executing an innocent person

  • By: Allentown Morning Call
  • 10/19/2009
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Texas justice system getting much needed examination

  • By: Texas Tech University Daily Toreador
  • 10/19/2009
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Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?

  • By: Cornell Daily Sun Blogs
  • 10/19/2009
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Death to the Death Penalty

  • By: The University Daily Kansan
  • 10/19/2009
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Panel leaders detail death penalty concerns

State lawmakers ask questions on death penalty protocols

Flawed science, not politics, is core issue, fire expert says

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 10/19/2009
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Ex-relative says Willingham reiterated threat before execution

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 10/19/2009
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Newly released affidavits raise more questions about Willingham case

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 10/19/2009
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Ex-relative: executed inmate confessed to murders

Willingham juror no longer sure of his guilt in Texas case

Woman who sparked execution investigation speaks

Governor's race mired in state of confusion

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 10/19/2009
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The death penalty and Texas politics

Lawyers in death penalty case subpoena all 24 Md. state's attorneys

All Md. state's attorneys subpoenaed in capital case

  • By: Maryland Daily Record
  • 10/19/2009
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Death penalty cover up?

  • By: CNN Anderson Cooper 360
  • 10/19/2009
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Chris Matthews discusses Perry

Rick Perry

  • By: MSNC The Rachel Maddow Show
  • 10/19/2009
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Judge Delays Another Ohio Execution

  • By: The New York Times
  • 10/19/2009
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Screams, flames among horrors of botched US executions

  • By: Agence France-Presse
  • 10/18/2009
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'Junk Science' Emerges in Graves Case

  • By: The Austin Chronicle
  • 10/16/2009
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Supreme Court to Review Effect of "Gross Negligence" by Death Penalty Attorney

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 10/15/2009
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Lethal Injection Draws Scrutiny in Some States

  • By: The Wall Street Journal
  • 10/15/2009
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Judge Justice dies at 89

Execution controversy about more than 'bad man'

Perry calls Willingham a 'monster' and labels story a media 'sideshow'

More arson understanding needed in courts, judge says - In wake of Willingham case, state integrity unit may add fire science study

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 10/14/2009
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GOP adversaries blast Perry for handling of forensic panel

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 10/14/2009
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At time of Perry dismissals, authority of Texas forensic panel was at issue

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 10/14/2009
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Panel ex-chairman says he was told arson probe a waste

Burge talks death penalty at forum in Oberlin

  • By: Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
  • 10/14/2009
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Questions of justice in court changes

  • By: The Arizona Republic
  • 10/14/2009
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Backlog of Arizona death penalty cases whittled down

Editorial: A moral oxymoron

Editorial: Cruel punishment

  • By: Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 10/14/2009
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Editorial: Debating the death penalty

  • By: (UT Texas) Daily Texan
  • 10/14/2009
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In U.S., Two-Thirds Continue to Support Death Penalty

Justice Dept. to Review Bush Policy on DNA Test Waivers

Lethal injection proves, in several cases, to cross the line into cruel and unusual punishment.

With vigor, Perry defends Willingham execution

Supreme Court Judge David Medina, Once Indicted in Arson, was Perry's General Counsel When Willingham Execution Stay Denied

Tim Cole Panel Begins Study Texas Wrongful Convictions

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 10/13/2009
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Execution Methods Examined

Death penalty debate heats up in Concord

  • By: Manchester Union Leader
  • 10/13/2009
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DEATH PENALTY CLE

  • By: Minnesota Justice Foundation
  • 10/13/2009
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Murder pushes death penalty to fore

Long history in push to abolish death penalty

Editorial: Perry's actions increasingly suspect in Willingham case

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 10/13/2009
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Perry stays secret on many things, including forensic evidence files

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 10/13/2009
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Tim Cole panel begins year long look at judicial safeguards

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 10/13/2009
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New science panel chief fights DNA

Md. Panel Slows Down Draft of Execution Rules Proposal 'On Hold' With O'Malley's Support

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 10/12/2009
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Ohio Death Penalty Case Might Determine Abu-Jamal's Fate

  • By: The Legal Intelligencer
  • 10/12/2009
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The archaic practices of putting people to death for crimes must be halted in America

  • By: Cavalier Daily Columnist
  • 10/12/2009
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Sentencing children to life without parole is cruel and unusual.

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 10/12/2009
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Ex-prosecutor Robert Carney draws scrutiny over disputed murder cases

  • By: South Florida Sun Sentinel
  • 10/11/2009
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Perry's office quiet on expert's arson report

Craig Watkins, `rock star' DA at a crossroads

  • By: AP National Writer
  • 10/09/2009
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Supreme Court weighs Arkansas lethal injection rules

Ruling puts state closer to resuming executions

  • By: The Arizona Republic
  • 10/09/2009
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Texas Cannot Wait for Good Science in the Courtroom

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 10/09/2009
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'Elegant' plan may help curb death-penalty appeals without Utah Constitution revision

  • By: The Salt Lake Tribune
  • 10/08/2009
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No help for the innocent

Texas justice and human fallibility

Whitmire to push forensics panel on crime lab, fire

Does Texas Forensics Panel Put Politics Before Justice?

Supreme Court weighs Ark. lethal injection rules

Renewed death penalty debate touches Erie region

Single vote spares killer's life

Time for America to move past capital punishment

  • By: The Aurora Sentinel
  • 10/07/2009
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Death penalty outdated, kills innocent people

  • By: Freedom New Mexico
  • 10/07/2009
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WCL Award to Goodwin Procter LLP

  • By: Washington Council of Lawyers
  • 10/07/2009
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Review of 3 Drug Process

  • By: The Columbus Dispatch
  • 10/07/2009
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Ohio considering bone, muscle for lethal injection

"I Was Just a Junkie"

Autopsy Errors One More Troubling Trend

Editorial: Smoke screen

Editorial: Perry errs with panel shake up

  • By: San Antonio Express-News
  • 10/07/2009
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Editorial: Justice delayed?

  • By: Longview News Journal
  • 10/07/2009
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Editorial: Questions about 2004 execution won't go away

  • By: San Angelo Standard Times
  • 10/07/2009
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Editorial: Death and Texas

Editorial - Charles Oliver: It couldn't happen here?

  • By: Dalton Daily Citizen
  • 10/07/2009
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Forensic panel members urged Perry against shakeup

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 10/07/2009
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New chair unsure when state panel will proceed on flawed case that led to execution in Corsicana fire

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 10/07/2009
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Perry's decision to dump forensics chairman came despite advice to keep him

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 10/07/2009
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Why Did Texas Gut Its Forensic Commission?

Hutchinson chides Perry on execution panel delay

Hutchinson knocks Perry's handling of forensic panel

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 10/07/2009
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Hutchinson disagrees with Perry on removals

Texas Governor Rick Perry Is Trying to Cover Up the Execution of an Innocent Man

NPR: Texas Governor Fires Commissioners Probing Arson

  • By: NPR All Things Considered
  • 10/07/2009
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Governor's Statement Regarding Reprieves

  • By: Governor Ted Strickland
  • 10/07/2009
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In Aftermath of Failed Execution, Ohio Governor Orders Postponement of 2 Others

  • By: The New York Times
  • 10/07/2009
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Courts examine Ohio's lethal-injection procedures

Strickland stops all executions until lethal injections reviewed

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 10/07/2009
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Which is more humane?

2 death-row inmates get reprieve from governor

Ohio governor delays two executions

Sending children to prison for life

Questions about 2004 execution won't go away

Man convicted in bombing dies in wreck 1 month after his release

Hundreds kept jailed for months pretrial

Reform of Md. oversight panel for public defender eyed

Tighter requirements on medical examiners are blocked in Texas

Botched Executions

Justices clear execution of another inmate

  • By: THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
  • 10/02/2009
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Law could cut number of death penalty cases

DNA backlog still plagues HPD crime lab

Texas governor derails important review of forensics in Willingham murder case

Texas Governor Defends Shakeup of Commission

  • By: The New York Times
  • 10/01/2009
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Judge dismisses challenge to Ky. lethal injections

Texas: Governor Fires Chairman of Forensic Science Committee

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/30/2009
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Ohio's deathwatch

3-drug combo is execution cocktail

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 09/29/2009
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Recession delivers a double blow to many charities

The Case of the Plummeting Supreme Court Docket

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/28/2009
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Editorial: A botched execution calls for training

Supreme Court to consider juvenile 'lifers': Does life without parole for minors who didn't kill constitute cruel and unusual punishment?

Other states watching case on lethal injection

Judge denies constitutionality motion

Editorial: Enough of the death penalty

Death Row: the Cruel and Unusual Wait

  • By: The Cornell Daily Sun
  • 09/28/2009
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Banging the drum for Troy Davis

Time for a Moratorium to Rethink Executions

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 09/28/2009
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Appeals court to hear Ark. lethal injection case

Others Watching Arkansas Lethal Injection

Convicted killer of Garland police officer wins reprieve on death row

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 09/28/2009
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Execution reforms gain new traction

  • By: The Gainesville Sun
  • 09/27/2009
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High Cost of Death Row

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/27/2009
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Texas panel reviews ruling that led to execution

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 09/27/2009
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Former New Mexico Governor, Toney Anaya, Talks Death Penalty Politics

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 09/25/2009
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Petitions to Watch | Conference of 9.29.09 (Part II)

Editorial: Ohio's latest botched execution is another reminder of why the death penalty should be abolished

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 09/23/2009
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Never Say Die

Court Blocks Plans for Quick Second Effort to Execute Man in Ohio

Ohio inmate back on death row after execution try

Botched execution revives execution debate

  • By: Sunday Independent (South Africa)
  • 09/23/2009
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Texas: The Kinder, Gentler Hang 'Em High State

Editorial: The final act of Linda Carty's tragedy

Death row inmate speaks after losing appeal

Setback for British grandmother on death row in America

Ardor in the court, part 3

Editorial: A lethal failure of justice in Texas

  • By: San Antonio Express-News
  • 09/23/2009
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Editorial: Making forensic science scientific

Perry defends disputed '04 execution of Corsicana man

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 09/23/2009
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Statement from Barry Scheck, Co-Director of Innocence Project

Landmark case that goes to the heart of a state's right to kill

  • By: The Independent (UK)
  • 09/23/2009
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The Supreme Court Cert Pool: Sotomayor Joins It, Lawyers Attack It

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 09/23/2009
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Law experts: Fixes to Fla. death penalty ignored

Florida Lawyers, FSU Debate Death Penalty Woes

  • By: Jacksonville Observer
  • 09/23/2009
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Capital ideas: Juries should have to reach unanimous decision to recommend death penalty

  • By: Fort Myers News-Press
  • 09/23/2009
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Dying in Vein

Editorial: Ruling in Hood case degrades court system

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 09/23/2009
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Texas Court Whitewashes Conflict of Interest Case

  • By: CBS News CourtWatch Blog
  • 09/23/2009
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Shouting from the Rooftops

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 09/23/2009
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Two new questions in the Todd Willingham case

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 09/23/2009
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Execution delayed temporary

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 09/23/2009
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2nd attempt to execute Ohio killer further delayed

Lethal injection is not humane

Editorial: Second option needed for death penalty cases

Texas appeals court won't rule whether judge-prosecutor affair tainted Collin County death penalty trial

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 09/21/2009
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No retrial for condemned man after judge-DA affair

Death row inmate denied retrial despite judge-prosecutor affair

Court Ignores Sworn Undisputed Evidence of Hidden Relationship

Judge-Prosecutor Affair but No New Trial in Texas Death Penalty Case

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/21/2009
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No New Trial for Texas Man, Despite Judge/Prosecutor Affair

  • By: Wall Street Journal Law Blog
  • 09/21/2009
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Can Texas use death penalty fairly?

  • By: Dallas Morning News Investigates Blog
  • 09/21/2009
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Appeal court denies Hood new trial

  • By: Plano Star Courier
  • 09/21/2009
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Texas in-justice rides again

  • By: BeliefNet Crunchy Con Blog
  • 09/21/2009
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Revised Autospy Spurs Baby Sitter's Appeal in Shaken Baby Case

New results of autopsy spur plea

Editorial: Guilt and innocence

Editorial: Pro-death

  • By: Charleston Gazette
  • 09/21/2009
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Reasonable doubt

  • By: San Antonio Current
  • 09/21/2009
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The botched cruelty of the death penalty

  • By: East Anglican Daily Times (UK)
  • 09/21/2009
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Execution FAIL: is it cruel and unusual to try again?

  • By: Dallas Morning News Death Penalty Blog
  • 09/21/2009
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Can Ohio execute the same man twice?

  • By: CBS News CourtWatch Blog
  • 09/21/2009
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Inmate who survived execution attempt should not be put to death, says lawyer

  • By: Middletown Journal
  • 09/21/2009
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Ohio inmate "traumatized" after failed execution

Ohio Plans to Try Again as Execution Goes Wrong

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/21/2009
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Failed execution of Romell Broom prompts efforts to block 2nd attempt

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 09/21/2009
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Inmate will testify about failed execution

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/21/2009
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Eighth Amendment: Second try execution is "cruel," suit to say

'Dead Man Walking' author Helen Prejean speaks

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 09/21/2009
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Romell Broom to face execution next week following botched lethal injection

Ohio must fix its execution process or end it

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 09/21/2009
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Editorial: A lesson in Ohio's failed exeuction

Error-prone death penalty system ensnares the innocent

Japan's death penalty effectively scrapped with arrival of Keiko Chiba

Nightline report on Willingham case

Deborah Denno on the Ohio Botch

  • By: The StandDown Texas Project
  • 09/16/2009
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Florida death penalty system needs reform

Editorial: End capital punishment in America

Lawyer: Ohio execution on hold after vein trouble

Forensic Science on Trial: Part II

Just how scientific is forensic science?

Vein access problem put Romell Brown's execution on hold

Governor delays execution after suitable vein can't be found

Strickland stops execution after team can't access veins

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 09/16/2009
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Effort to kill inmate halted

Effort to kill inmate halted

The high cost of vengeance

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 09/15/2009
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States not waiting for reforms to capital punishment

  • By: The Durango Herald
  • 09/15/2009
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Forensic Science on Trial: The First of Two ScienceInsider Interviews

Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States

  • By: Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 09/14/2009
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Perry's denial of stay could become campaign issue

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 09/14/2009
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Texas put in uncomfortable spotlight

Was It a Wrongful Execution?

Blinded by Tunnel Vision

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 09/14/2009
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Fingerprints are back in as federal judge finds them reliable

  • By: Maryland Daily Record
  • 09/14/2009
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Fingerprint evidence allowed in controversial case

Opinion: Resentencing is tolerable

  • By: Rapid City Journal
  • 09/14/2009
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Opposing the death penalty is not about innocence

Death row woman in Texas uses Gormley plinth to plead for reprieve

Texas death row inmate appeals to Londoners

Linda Carty's Speech

Death row grandmother in Trafalgar Square plea

Trafalgar Square death row plea

Plinth spot for death row Briton

Death row woman uses art project to plea for help

Are Texas arsons a case of bad science? Some experts think so

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 09/14/2009
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Five Texas Arson Cases Under Scrutiny

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 09/14/2009
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Burn Patterns

  • By: The Texas Observer
  • 09/14/2009
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Victim of Circumstance

  • By: The Texas Observer
  • 09/14/2009
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Case hits legal snag already

  • By: The Post and Courier
  • 09/14/2009
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Texas justice system has major flaws

  • By: Corpus Christi Caller TImes
  • 09/14/2009
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Exoneration comes too late

The Death Penalty? Still? Really?

Will the US at last admit it executed an innocent man?

British Citizen on Death Row in Texas launches "last chance" appeal

Constitutional question

  • By: The Washington Times
  • 09/09/2009
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Cracked Justice enabled girl rape case

  • By: Real Clear Politics
  • 09/09/2009
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Defendant freed, nine months after conviction and death sentence were overturned

Arson Case may be Catalyst for Forensic Reform

No Arson Means No Crime Occurred

  • By: Corsicana Daily Sun
  • 09/09/2009
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Why It's Constitutional to Execute an Innocent Man

Justice Sotomayor: The Unjust Hearings

  • By: The New York Review of Books
  • 09/09/2009
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Ex-Texas death row inmate freed, AG drops charges

Texas hasn't ruled out retrying freed Death Row inmate in Lake Worth bombing

EMT rules not same as nurses' or doctors'

  • By: The Columbus Dispatch
  • 09/09/2009
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David Grann: the Prosecution Defends Itself

So Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?

Cameron Todd Willingham and Carlos De Luna: Two Innocent Men Executed by the State of Texas

  • By: About.com Civil Liberties
  • 09/09/2009
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Administering the Death Penalty: The Case of Cameron Todd Willingham

The elusive search for the sufficiently innocent criminal

Execution opponents hope Texas case will be US turning point

New Yorker's Grann responds to Jackon's Willingham commentary

  • By: Corsicana Daily Sun
  • 09/09/2009
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No doubts

  • By: Corsicana Daily Sun
  • 09/09/2009
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Front row seat to a tragedy

  • By: Corsicana Daily Sun
  • 09/09/2009
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State panel debates limits

  • By: Las Vegas Review-Journal
  • 09/09/2009
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Death row women a rarity

  • By: Cincinnati Enquirer
  • 09/09/2009
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State panel to hear Willingham arson report

  • By: Corsicana Daily Sun
  • 09/09/2009
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It couldn't happen here?

  • By: Dalton Daily Citizen
  • 09/09/2009
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Time to do away with the death penalty

Arson debate renewed

  • By: Corsicana Daily Sun
  • 09/03/2009
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The Willingham Files

  • By: Corsicana Daily Sun
  • 09/03/2009
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Ask the Author Live: David Grann

Texas House speaker visits Temple's economic engines

  • By: Temple Daily Telegram
  • 09/03/2009
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It's Not About Sharon Keller

The Governor's Silence

  • By: Forth Worth Weekly
  • 09/03/2009
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Will Texas Soon Say It Executed an Innocent Man?

The Execution of an Arsonist Who Wasn't

Tarnished justice: Misconduct trial of Judge Keller depicts a court of confusion

Links to Sex Crimes to Follow Texas Suspects

  • By: Wall Street Journal
  • 09/02/2009
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Court cases forcing change at Texas parole agency

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 09/02/2009
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Leave capital-appeals laws alone

New death penalty law concerns Pitt attorneys

  • By: The Daily Reflector
  • 09/02/2009
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Why is the UK involved in a Texas death case?

  • By: Texas Death Penalty Blog
  • 09/02/2009
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Innocent but dead

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/02/2009
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Stevens Hires Only One Law Clerk, Spurring Retirement Speculation

Justice Stevens slows his hiring at court

Supreme Court Watch on Justice Stevens

  • By: NY Times - The Caucus Blog
  • 09/02/2009
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Up in smoke: Report indicates Texas executed an innocent man

Editorial: the risk in getting it wrong

  • By: The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 09/02/2009
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Time to face the truth in the Willingham case

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 09/02/2009
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Is the death penalty defensible?

  • By: The Hill's Pundits Blog
  • 09/02/2009
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Californians' support for the death penalty waning

New poll by USC professors shows declining support for the death penalty

  • By: UC Santa Cruz press release
  • 09/02/2009
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Position Announcement: Research and Writing Specialist

  • By: LAW OFFICES OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER
  • 09/02/2009
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Trial by Fire: Did Texas execute an innocent man?

Former Burleson County DA turns to court of public opinion

Former Death Row Inmate speaks at the Kentucky Death Penalty Institute

Lethal injection challenge seen

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 08/31/2009
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Doubt and the Death Penalty

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 08/31/2009
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Caging Children

Prosper murder suspect's death sentence overturned by appeals court

  • By: McKinney Courier-Gazette
  • 08/28/2009
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Convicted serial killer David L. Wood's mental capacity is life, death issue

Passing the gavel: Let judges handle death row appeals

  • By: The Salt Lake Tribune
  • 08/28/2009
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Training Announcement: Critical Trial Skills for Legal Services Attorneys

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 08/27/2009
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Report: Faulty fire investigation led to execution

PROJECT PRESS Newsletter:

  • By: ABA Death Penalty Representation Project
  • 08/26/2009
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Judge says she would do 'nothing different'

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 08/20/2009
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Here's a good case for killing the death penalty

  • By: New York Daily News
  • 08/20/2009
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Take a direct approach to racial justice

  • By: Greensboro News & Record
  • 08/20/2009
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Racial Justice Act: Law could curtail death penalty

  • By: The Fayetteville Observer
  • 08/20/2009
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Ohio can't stop EMTs working as executioners

  • By: Port Clinton News Herald
  • 08/20/2009
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Execution stayed: David Leonard Wood's mental ability at issue

Texas Judge Denies Fault in Handling of Appeal

SCOTUS Orders Hearing on Troy Davis Innocence Claim

Commentary: Strickland faces thankless decision on death penalty

Ex-Clinton aide named in prison smuggling case

Judges’ Dissents for Death Row Inmates Are Rising

  • By: The New York Times
  • 08/14/2009
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Court says condemned Texas killer can drop appeals

A Texas Judge on Trial: Closed to a Death-Row Appeal?

Strickland remains undecided on fate of killer Getsy

N.C. takes aim at bias in death penalty

  • By: Charlotte Observer
  • 08/13/2009
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Death for Scott - Judge: Only way justice can be served

Report questions use of life sentences: Study's push to abolish terms without parole likely to meet strong resistance in Delaware

AG Holder Calls for Getting ‘Smart on Crime’ #ABAChicago

Senate could allow bias test in death sentences

  • By: The News & Observer
  • 08/04/2009
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Texas gets bum rap on killer moms

The Real Murder Mystery? It's the Low Crime Rate

The National Association of Medical Examiners' 2009 Annual Meeting Supreme Court Requires Lab Analysts to Testify: Now What?

Supreme Court case pits defendants' rights vs. prosecutors

  • By: The Virginian-Pilot
  • 07/30/2009
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Supreme Court decision could clog local courts

Kaine Calls Session To Amend Laws On Trial Testimony

12 and in Prison

  • By: The New York Times
  • 07/30/2009
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Race as a death penalty factor

  • By: The News & Observer
  • 07/30/2009
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China Pledges to Reduce Death Sentences

  • By: The New York Times
  • 07/30/2009
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Love Lived on Death Row

State moratorium on executions

My Brother on Death Row

State to handle capital appeals

  • By: My San Antonio News
  • 07/27/2009
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Death-penalty bias

  • By: Winston-Salem Journal
  • 07/27/2009
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Clergy and Civil Rights Leaders ask for Passage of NC Racial Justice Act

  • By: NAACP Activism Alerts
  • 07/27/2009
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Cummings: Death penalty is being phased out

Cases Involving Possible Death Penalty A Long Process

  • By: The Hartford Courant
  • 07/27/2009
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Natural causes biggest threat on Pa. death row

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 07/27/2009
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The Sentencing Project Releases National Report: 1 in 11 Prisoners Serving Life Sentences

  • By: The Sentencing Project
  • 07/23/2009
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Study Finds Record Number of Inmates Serving Life Terms

  • By: The New York Times
  • 07/23/2009
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The Rampant Growth of Life Without Parole

Report: Maryland tops list of black lifers

  • By: Maryland Daily Record
  • 07/23/2009
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Regional Briefs: Death-penalty bill barely gets by committee

  • By: Winston Salem Journal
  • 07/23/2009
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The Bush Judicial Legacy, by the Numbers

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 07/23/2009
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Stay of execution granted for man convicted in '99 Pleasant Grove murder

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 07/23/2009
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Inmate set to die for '99 murder gets reprieve

Court of Criminal Appeals Stays the Execution of Convicted Killer, Orders New Hearing

  • By: The Dallas Observer
  • 07/23/2009
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ABA Exceptional Service Award for Death Penalty Representation: 2009 Nomination Information

  • By: ABA Death Penalty Representation Project
  • 07/22/2009
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Ohio killer's lethal injection marks 1,000th in US

Murderer Nichol’s tab: $3 million and growing

  • By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 07/22/2009
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Man convicted in Dallas County slaying expected to get reprieve from execution

Very Brady: Inmate Scheduled for Execution May Have Had Rights Violated After All

Man convicted in Dallas County slaying expected to get reprieve from execution

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Research and Writing Specialist

  • By: Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of PA
  • 07/21/2009
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TDCJ official says foreign death penalty opponents funding cell phone smuggling

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 07/21/2009
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Cell Phones in Prison: Jamming the Jails

Cell phone, cell mates: Bill would allow prisons to jam illegal use

  • By: Longview News-Journal
  • 07/21/2009
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Nevada joins in bid to control prison cell phones

  • By: Reno Gazette Journal
  • 07/21/2009
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Md. Officials Push for Prison Cell Phone Jamming

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 07/21/2009
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Prison cells take on a new meaning

  • By: The Columbus Dispatch
  • 07/21/2009
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Senate Seeks FCC Approval To Jam Prison Cell Phones

Officials ask help controlling prison cell phones

Texas seeks OK to jam cell phones

  • By: Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
  • 07/21/2009
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The Never-Ending (Crime) Story

No Posthumous Pardon From Perry

Should death penalty continue? Time to decide

Texas reporter's seen unrivaled number of U.S. executions

Board: Spare killer’s life

  • By: Warren Tribune Chronicle
  • 07/21/2009
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Ohio parole board makes rare mercy recommendation in death penalty case

Hate crimes amendments pass easily

Senate takes up concealed weapons measure

Senate Adds Death Penalty Amendment to Kill Hate Crimes Legislation

HRC: Senate adopts unwelcomed amendments to the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act

A renewed push to end the death penalty in Connecticut

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 07/21/2009
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Sotomayor responds to GOP follow-up questions

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 07/21/2009
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Respected magistrate hangs up his robes but will continue his research at UT-Arlington

  • By: Fort Worth Star Telegram
  • 07/21/2009
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Legislative Brief: N.C. House approves Racial Justice Act

  • By: Winston-Salem Journal
  • 07/16/2009
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NC House agrees again to Racial Justice Act

Execution of police officer's killer delayed

Death penalty bill provokes a battle

  • By: Raleigh News and Observer
  • 07/15/2009
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Racial justice bill moves on

  • By: Winston Salem Journal
  • 07/15/2009
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Racial Justice Act gets initial OK in N.C. House

Training Announcement - Persuasion Institute 2009

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 07/14/2009
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SPECIAL EVENT - The Future of the Death Penalty in the U.S. Supreme Court

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 07/14/2009
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Stay granted in execution that had been set tonight

  • By: Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • 07/14/2009
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U.S. Supreme Court stays execution of Virginia inmate

Readers' Forum: Death penalty does not deter murder

  • By: Contra Costa Times
  • 07/14/2009
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Sotomayor and International Law

  • By: The Wall Street Journal
  • 07/14/2009
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Two former public defenders write in support of the San Francisco PDs office as it is wrangling with the city government for funding.

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, vetoed a proposed $1700-per-year pay increase for the state’s prosecutors and public defenders.

Equal justice issues merit attention

  • By: National Law Journal
  • 07/14/2009
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Death Row case warrants another look to ensure that justice is done

Attorney general refuses debate on death penalty

Judge affirms Wash. lethal injection method

Superior Court upholds state death penalty

Racial justice? Bill that may be voted on this week would allow judges to throw out death penalties

Man may win parole, thanks to Skow letter Judge came to feel he erred in '97 case

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Vera Institute of Justice's Third Annual Justice Address

  • By: Vera Institute of Justice
  • 07/10/2009
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Judicial Conference to Review Prosecution Disclosure Obligations

  • By: Law.com Legal Times
  • 07/09/2009
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Report: Nev. public defenders need lighter loads

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 07/09/2009
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Don't use the 'R' word

  • By: Cincinnati Inquirer
  • 07/09/2009
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Austin officer's killer files new claim

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 07/09/2009
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Exonerated prisoners' stories are depicted in artist's project

  • By: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • 07/08/2009
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Guilty by a 10-2 Vote: Efficient or Unconstitutional?

  • By: The New York Times
  • 07/07/2009
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Dog’s nose fallible as a crime lab

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: ASSISTANT FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 07/06/2009
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Closing the N.M. Death Penalty Door

  • By: Albuquerque Journal
  • 07/06/2009
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Face-to-face with death row inmates at London show

Death Penalty and Mental Illness: Families of Victims Speak out at National Convention

Families of victims and families of mentally ill offenders release death penalty report

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 07/06/2009
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Execution method of lethal injection approved Case changed lethal-injection process

  • By: The Arizona Republic
  • 07/02/2009
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BREAKING NEWS: TN's death penalty

California death row's dicey math

  • By: The Los Angeles Times
  • 07/01/2009
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Bill on death-penalty disparities advances

  • By: Winston-Salem Journal
  • 07/01/2009
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New Evidence Opens Old Wound in 1991 Slaying of 4 Girls

  • By: The New York Times
  • 07/01/2009
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Death row inmate insists DNA clears him, but DA disagrees

Judge seeks expert testimony in Death Row inmate's case

Death-Row Inmate Finally Gets A Break In Crime-Lab Case

Supreme Court delays Troy Davis decision

High court puts Georgia death penalty case on hold

Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denies clemency

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 06/30/2009
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Oklahoma: Board denies clemency for death row inmate

Condemned Ohio killer of 3 says he's innocent

'Scent lineups' stink to critics

Opinion: California's lethal-injection plan is proven to be inhumane

  • By: Silicon Valley Mercury News
  • 06/29/2009
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Death penalty argument will focus on cost

Costly prisons a good place for overhaul

Moratorium on Missouri executions makes sense

Clock ticks on Davis' petition to high court

  • By: Atlanta Journal Constitution
  • 06/29/2009
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Group sheds light on wrongful convictions

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Capital Post Conviction Attorney

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 06/29/2009
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New lab report case granted

DIAZ V. MASSACHUSETTS

  • By: ABA Criminal Justice Section
  • 06/29/2009
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Forensic ruling adds burden for prosecutors

  • By: National Law Journal
  • 06/29/2009
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Facing impeachment trial, U.S. judge resigns

A chaplain's take on capital punishment

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 06/26/2009
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"At the Death House Door"

ON FILM: Death House Door puts penalty on trial

Missouri executions on hold because of federal review

Mo. executions on hold because of federal review

Executions in Missouri are put on hold by state high court

Justice reform not an O'Malley priority

O'Malley Puts the Brakes on Clemency in Md.

In ’98, Hints From Sotomayor on Death Penalty

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/25/2009
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Replace death penalty with permanent imprisonment

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 06/25/2009
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The high cost of the death penalty

  • By: The high cost of the death penalty
  • 06/25/2009
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Suspects in yogurt shop killings released

  • By: American Statesman
  • 06/25/2009
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Yogurt Shop Murder Defendants Set Free

  • By: The Austin Chronicle
  • 06/25/2009
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2 suspects freed in Texas yogurt shop murder case

DOJ Announces Commitment to Public Defenders, Legal Aid

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the American Council of Chief Defenders Conference

  • By: U.S. Department of Justice
  • 06/25/2009
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Berendt: Why the rush to execute Davis?

  • By: Savannah Morning News
  • 06/23/2009
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Time for Californians to end death penalty

  • By: Napa Valley Register
  • 06/23/2009
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State's top prisons doctor quit over execution policy

Court ruling denies inmates the right to DNA evidence

TRAINING SEMINAR Fourteenth Annual National Federal Habeas Corpus Seminar

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 06/22/2009
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Capital Appellate Attorney Position

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 06/22/2009
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Mitigation Paralegal

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 06/22/2009
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Death Penalty Decisions Loom for Barack Obama

Analysis: Mississippi death penalty under scrutiny

  • By: Commercial Appeal, Memphis Online
  • 06/22/2009
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Nebraska Supreme Court dismisses lethal-injection appeal

  • By: Lincoln Journal Star
  • 06/22/2009
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Ruling clears way for Mata appeal

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 06/22/2009
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Column - Linda L. White: Be careful when you're 'assuming'

  • By: Amarillo Globe-News
  • 06/22/2009
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Local coalition aims to abolish capital punishment in Texas

Obama's Supreme Court nominee raises concerns

Obama's Supreme Court nominee raises concerns

Supreme Court Watch: The Sotomayor Record

  • By: Alliance for Justice
  • 06/22/2009
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Sotomayor, word by word

  • By: National Law Journal
  • 06/22/2009
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Keller trial moved from Austin to San Antonio

Keller case going to San Antonio

Hearing on judge in death row case to be held in S.A.

  • By: My San Antonio News
  • 06/19/2009
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A death-row case tests whether swift justice can also be certain.

Experts Agree: Death Penalty Not a Deterrent

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 06/19/2009
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States Without Death Penalty Have Lower Murder Rates

  • By: Amnesty International
  • 06/19/2009
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Actor Stephen Collins Says Death Penalty for 'Politicians Who Like to Sound Tough'

Montgomery attorney wins Gruber Justice Prize

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 06/19/2009
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Attorney and Advocacy Group to Share $500K Gruber Foundation International Justice Prize Each Set in Motion Dramatic Changes to Help Victims of Discrimination Gain Access to Equal Justice

San Joaquin cuts to run deep

Missouri chief justice claims successes despite controversies

  • By: Columbia Missourian
  • 06/19/2009
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Federal Public Defender (Capital Habeas Unit)

  • By: LAW OFFICES OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER DISTRICT OF NEVADA
  • 06/19/2009
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Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the D.C. Court of Appeals Judicial Conference

  • By: D.C. Court of Appeals Judicial Conference
  • 06/19/2009
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McKissick, state legislators debate racial justice act

Experts say death penalty doesn't deter murder

Man awaits second sentencing for murder committed in 1990

  • By: Amarillo Globe-News
  • 06/18/2009
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Letter: Capital punishment is wrong

  • By: Amarillo Globe-News
  • 06/18/2009
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Junior Capital Attorney

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 06/17/2009
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Criminologists: Death penalty doesn’t deter murder

Local criminologist disagrees on study showing little deterrent value of death penalty

  • By: Death Penalty Blog
  • 06/17/2009
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Group urges legislators to pass race bill.

  • By: The Winston-Salem Journal
  • 06/17/2009
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Faith and the system: Law prof troubled by Christians' support of the ultimate penalty

  • By: AMERICAN-STATESMAN
  • 06/16/2009
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A grieving father's journey to soul-searching

Calif wants to cut legal aid attorneys for poor

Appeals court revives lawsuit over public defender system

  • By: Muskegon Chronicle
  • 06/16/2009
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Court sides with Michigan's indigent defendants

  • By: Free Prese Lansing Bureau
  • 06/16/2009
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Judge considers whether to remove DA's office from Death Row appeal

Lengthy death-row appeals targeted

Legal stalling is packing Death Row

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 06/15/2009
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Indiana executions at slowest pace in 15 years

Alabama shouldn't even execute serial killer Jack Trawick

  • By: The Birmingham News
  • 06/12/2009
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Death Case Merits Review

Answers needed in Alabama

Reasons not to resume executions

What do we owe crime witnesses?

Court commutes killer's sentence to life

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 06/12/2009
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District attorneys disagree on Racial Justice Act

Why We Must Reform Our Criminal Justice System

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 06/12/2009
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Exploring the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009

  • By: Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 06/12/2009
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Prosecutor resigns after controversial plea deal

Prosecutor steps down after allegations

  • By: The Courier-Journal
  • 06/12/2009
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Ohio court promises more time between executions

Editorial: Justice served

  • By: Amarillo Globe-News
  • 06/10/2009
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Committee OKs bill meant to help defendants challenge death penalty

  • By: Winston-Salem Journal
  • 06/10/2009
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Racial bias procedure OKd in House committee

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: SUPERVISING ASSISTANT FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER/CAPITAL HABEAS UNIT

  • By: The Federal Public Defender for the District of Delaware
  • 06/10/2009
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: STAFF ATTORNEY/INVESTIGATOR

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 06/10/2009
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California can't afford the death penalty

  • By: The Los Angeles Times
  • 06/10/2009
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A Supreme Court Nomination Stirs Up Bad Memories

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/10/2009
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County court system earns national recognition for program

  • By: The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
  • 06/10/2009
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175 years ago, a plea to end the death penalty

Why I’m against the death penalty

  • By: Fayetteville (GA) Citizen
  • 06/10/2009
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Human Rights and The Texas Criminal Justice System

Death penalty saves lives: A prosecutor's view

Americans Pick Death Penalty for Murder Cases

  • By: Angus Reid Global Monitor
  • 06/08/2009
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Rell's death penalty veto faces override

Out View: Death penalty debate goes on

Sanders: Texas does lots of things on a grand scale, including executing people

  • By: Fort Worth Star Telegram
  • 06/08/2009
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Death Penalty Case Reveals Failings in Alabama

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/08/2009
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New law aims to save McLennan County time, money by streamlining courts

  • By: Waco-Tribune Herald
  • 06/08/2009
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Conservative Group Criticizes Sotomayor on Death Penalty Memo

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 06/05/2009
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Circuit Nominees, DOJ Nominee Head to Full Senate

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 06/05/2009
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Nationwide, public defender offices are in crisis

Case of death row inmate Troy Davis puts new D.A. in tight spot

  • By: The Los Angeles Times
  • 06/04/2009
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Motion challenges new lethal injection law

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 06/04/2009
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House panel approves serial killer condition

  • By: Advocate Capitol News Bureau
  • 06/04/2009
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Lethal injection in Neb. challenged

  • By: AP via Fremont Tribune
  • 06/04/2009
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Death row inmate files appeal to state's new lethal injection law

  • By: Nebraska State Paper
  • 06/04/2009
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Public defender: No money, no death penalty

  • By: Chicago Breaking News Center
  • 06/04/2009
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Lethal-injection trial wraps up

Cook County public defender says office out of money Death penalty cases may be delayed, he says

Hearing on: Indigent Representation: A Growing National Crisis

  • By: United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
  • 06/04/2009
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House panel approves serial killer condition

  • By: Advocate Capitol News Bureau
  • 06/04/2009
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Miklos selected as Democratic Freshman of the Year

'Racial Justice' bill is held in House panel

  • By: Raleigh (NC) News & Observer
  • 06/04/2009
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Hagan sends Obama 3 names for appeals court

  • By: Raleigh News & Observer
  • 06/04/2009
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UN Investigator Says US Death Penalty Leads to Miscarriage of Justice

  • By: Voice of America News
  • 06/04/2009
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Galveston's Judge Kent to quit next year Prison-bound jurist tells Obama he will quit June 1, 2010

Retired U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent to Turn in Resignation Today

Keller Files #6: Why the last-minute appeal?

  • By: Austin American Statesman
  • 06/03/2009
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Save $1 Billion in Five Years: End the Death Penalty California

In Rare Habeas Grant, 3rd Circuit Finds Evidence of Murder Insufficient

  • By: New Jersey Law Journal
  • 06/03/2009
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Death Penalty Disgrace

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/01/2009
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Capital Punishment up for debate: Life or death

  • By: The New Haven Register
  • 06/01/2009
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Too many errors in justice process

Bury the death penalty, it can’t be fixed

  • By: The New Haven Register
  • 06/01/2009
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Death Penalty Uncivilized

Death Penalty Uncivilized

Death Penalty Is Justice For Murderers

EDITORIAL: State needs effective death penalty

  • By: The New Haven Register
  • 06/01/2009
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Death cases among early issues for new justice

Tracking the recession: Prison economics

Tracking the recession: Prison economics

High court rules for Ohio in death penalty case

High court rules for Ohio in death penalty case

Jury sends former officer back to death row Fratta had been convicted twice for hiring two men to kill his wife

State Can Relitigate Inmates’ Retardation

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/01/2009
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3 leaders firmly in Davis' corner

  • By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 05/30/2009
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3 leaders firmly in Davis' corner

  • By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 05/30/2009
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Bill to impose death penalty moratorium dies

Ten Angry Men?: Why The Supreme Court Should Take a Jury Unanimity Case

Bishops oppose death penalty bill

  • By: Raleigh News & Observer
  • 05/29/2009
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Prisoner denied in bid to speed up execution

  • By: Arkansas Democrat Gazette
  • 05/29/2009
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eleventh session Agenda Item 3: PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT (Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions)

  • By: Human Rights Council
  • 05/29/2009
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Election of judges in Tennessee is rejected: Commission will get new name, members

Bishops urge Gov. Rell to alllow repeal of death penalty

  • By: The Catholic Transcript Online
  • 05/28/2009
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Fratta’s lawyer may face inquiry

5th Circuit urges impeachment of federal judge, denies disability status

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 05/28/2009
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Nebraska lawmakers approve lethal injection bill

Nebraska senators advance lethal-injection bill

  • By: Lincoln Journal Star
  • 05/27/2009
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Neb. Legislature: Lethal-Injection Measure Advanced

  • By: Yankton Press & Dakotan
  • 05/27/2009
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SCOTUS loss: Montejo v. Louisiana

  • By: Capital Defense Weekly
  • 05/26/2009
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Washington's Lethal Injection Trial Expected to Wrap Up

Lawsuit challenges Wash. death penalty

Attorneys overworked in capital cases: About one-third are over recommended limit on felonies

House calls at the death chamber?

  • By: The News & Observer
  • 05/25/2009
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Alabama too often skirts rules in death penalty cases

Fla. marks 30 years since death penalty's return

Texas increasingly out of step on death penalty

In the Absence of Proof

Former San Quentin warden honored for speaking out against death penalty

  • By: Marin Independent Journal
  • 05/22/2009
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New plea on innocence

Revisit death penalty bill

Richardson to be honored for NM death penalty ban

  • By: KDBC4 News / Associated Press
  • 05/22/2009
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Legislature to end next week

  • By: The Tribune Sentinel
  • 05/22/2009
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Death Penalty Abolition Gets Final Legislative Approval In Senate

  • By: The Hartford Courant
  • 05/22/2009
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Veto threat dooms change in death penalty law: Measure banning execution of people who haven't killed won't advance.

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 05/22/2009
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State death penalty on trial Crime: Inmate testifies on punishment from prison

Statement of Governor M. Jodi Rell on Death Penalty Legislation

  • By: STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS
  • 05/22/2009
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Death Row Foes See Newsroom Cuts as Blow

Hearing on constitutionality of lethal injection begins today

Death row inmate gets extraordinary brief

  • By: United Press International
  • 05/21/2009
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U.S. attorney picks are under way: Some Senate Republicans want a say in who gets selected.

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 05/20/2009
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Legal burden: Private defense attorneys on list to call if Orleans Public Defenders funding fails

  • By: New Orleans City Business
  • 05/20/2009
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Only Florida's governors can say how they pick execution order

Lethal injection bill advances

  • By: Omaha World Herald
  • 05/20/2009
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A Change Of Heart On Death Penalty

Proposal Would Speed Up Death Penalty Appeals

  • By: Connecticut Law Tribune
  • 05/19/2009
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Death penalty foes lose Round 1

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 05/19/2009
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State back in business of executions

Religious leaders seek clemency for Skillicorn from governor

  • By: Kansas City Star/Associated Press
  • 05/19/2009
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Executions Debated as Missouri Plans One

Burleson woman asks senators to reverse decision, allow her on state pardon board

Experts: Harris Co. taking risks with lawyer appointment system

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions . . .

Senate rejects Burleson woman picked by Perry for parole board

Can Californians afford to keep the death penalty?

Death row's revolving door: Courts mull post-trial proof

James A. Fry: I put away an innocent man

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 05/18/2009
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Lawmakers consider means of execution

State Senate takes up death penalty

  • By: Rocky Mountain Telegram
  • 05/17/2009
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Death Penalty Repeal Advances

Prosecutors Block Access to DNA Testing for Inmates

  • By: The New York Times
  • 05/17/2009
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Keller court accepted after-hours filing in 2003

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 05/17/2009
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A Civil Action: CCA Judges' Request for Representation in Keller Discovery Proceedings Denied

  • By: Texas Lawyer Magazine
  • 05/17/2009
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AG's office offers timetable for 1st lethal injection execution

  • By: Lincoln Journal Star
  • 05/15/2009
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Death-penalty litigation costs elude senators Other Headlines Most Read * 1195th heads back to Iraq * Evacuation, lockdown showed preparedness * Expo Center plans should be done by June * Holdrege street project discussed * Man sentenced for touching girls * White population grows in Nebraska: Death-penalty litigation costs elude senators

  • By: World-Herald News Service
  • 05/15/2009
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UPDATE: Missouri lawmakers approve public defender changes

  • By: Missourian/The Associated Press
  • 05/15/2009
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Ruling lifts a barrier to execution: A judge strikes down inmates' objections to death-penalty procedures.

  • By: Raleigh News & Observer
  • 05/15/2009
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The Stephen F. Austin, Sul Ross, Sam Houston Preservation Act

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 05/14/2009
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If budget ballot measures fail, governor may release 38,000 prisoners

  • By: The Sacremento Bee
  • 05/14/2009
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State Supreme Court Pushes Back Death Penalty Suit

Plugging Holes in the Science of Forensics

Court dismisses Wilson lawsuit: Move upholds constitutionality of Ohio’s lethal injection protocol

  • By: The Morning Journal
  • 05/14/2009
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Lawmakers may wrap up work early

  • By: Omaha World Herald
  • 05/13/2009
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Senator: Bruning should reveal lethal injection costs

  • By: Lincoln Journal Star
  • 05/13/2009
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Death penalty debate looms in the House

  • By: Connecticut - The Day
  • 05/13/2009
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State drops charge against former Death Row inmate

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit remands Justin Wolfe's habeas case

  • By: Death Penalty Representation Project Announcement
  • 05/12/2009
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The new case against the death penalty

  • By: Christian Science Montior
  • 05/12/2009
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Charges dropped against former TN death row inmate

  • By: Google / Associated Press
  • 05/12/2009
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Parents Who Kill

House committee OKs Racial Justice Act

  • By: Winston-Salem Journal
  • 05/12/2009
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Text size: increase text sizedecrease text size Rell Reiterates Support For The Death Penalty

  • By: The Hartford Courant
  • 05/12/2009
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Kansas governor says he’s willing to revisit death-penalty law

The death penalty, taxes and Colorado Republicans

Henry denies clemency for convicted killer

Keller Files #3: Did inmate’s lawyers do enough?

  • By: Austin American- Statesman
  • 05/08/2009
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Committee Takes Up Connecticut Death Penalty Issue

Austin police developing photo lineup policies: Effort comes amid wrongful convictions in Texas, nationwide.

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 05/08/2009
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Bill to increase number of witnesses to execution passes Legislature

O'Malley to sign death penalty bill into law today

Death penalty too costly: California needs to make cutting this from the budget a top priority

Being penny-wise and justice-foolish

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 05/07/2009
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Colorado death penalty survives

In Georgia, lawyers abandoning the poor

  • By: The Atlanta Journal - Constitution
  • 05/07/2009
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A new Texas? Ohio's death penalty examined

Perry appointee criticized as unqualified

Death Row: Proposals For Speedier Appeals

  • By: The Hartford Courant
  • 05/06/2009
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Execution ruling may not end impasse

  • By: Greensboro News & Record
  • 05/06/2009
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Free: Wrongful Convictions And the Right to Counsel

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 05/06/2009
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Ailing public defender system in tight spot

Judge to high court: Get serious

High Court to Look at Life Sentences for Juveniles

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 05/05/2009
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Questioning Forensic Evidence - A recently released NAS report raises a host of issues

  • By: National Law Journal commentary
  • 05/05/2009
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Death Penalty Repeal Fails in Colorado

  • By: The New York Times
  • 05/05/2009
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Complex strands of DNA backlog

Human Rights Violations Continue in Iran

  • By: Feminist Daily News Wire
  • 05/05/2009
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Doctors won't kill for the state

Death penalty pits costs vs. closure

  • By: Omaha World Herald
  • 05/04/2009
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Amnesty International Begins 200-Minute Vigil Against The Death Penalty

  • By: Houston Press Blogs
  • 05/04/2009
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CourtWatch: Capital Case In Texas Marred By Romantic Relationship Between Judge And Prosecutor

Doctors can take part in executions N.C. court strikes down a medical board rule that put the death penalty on hold.

  • By: The News & Observer
  • 05/04/2009
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State opens comment period on lethal injection procedures: Two-month period will be used to gather views on the execution process as a step toward resuming the death penalty.

Colo. lawmakers race to wrap up business for year

Senate's mixed results

  • By: The Seacoast (online version)
  • 05/04/2009
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Colo. may end death penalty to focus on cold cases

  • By: Google News/Associated Press
  • 05/03/2009
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Utah bucking U.S. death penalty trend

DA spends nearly $90,000 on travel

Introduction: 'A perfect storm'

  • By: Lincoln Journal Star
  • 05/03/2009
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Time to kill the death penalty

Senate committee backs eliminating Colorado death penalty

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: RESEARCH & WRITING SPECIALIST/CAPITAL HABEAS UNIT

  • By: Federal Defender Office for the Southern District of Ohio
  • 05/01/2009
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: CAPITAL HABEAS ATTORNEY - The Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California

  • By: Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California
  • 05/01/2009
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Governor signs Smith's life without parole bill

Lawmakers delay debate on life sentence for Nebraska juveniles

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 04/29/2009
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Job Announcement: Mitigation Specialist at Texas Defender Service

  • By: Texas Defender Service
  • 04/29/2009
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Former Judges' Views Clash at Hearing on Bill to Impeach Keller

Keller Files: Answers in the case against the state’s top judge

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 04/29/2009
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Texas death row inmate from Carrollton closer to execution

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 04/29/2009
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Minor Crimes, Massive Waste: The Terrible Toll of America's Broken Misdemeanor Courts

  • By: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • 04/29/2009
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State Execution Rates

  • By: Death Penalty Information Center
  • 04/28/2009
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CONE v. BELL, WARDEN: Decided April 28, 2009

  • By: United States Supreme Court
  • 04/28/2009
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Court rules for Tenn. death-row inmate

EDITORIAL: Compensation for unjust convictions in Texas

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 04/28/2009
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Lawyer for Death-Row Inmate Faces Skeptical Justices

Specter Switches Parties

  • By: The New York Times
  • 04/28/2009
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Money, Morality, and Repealing the Death Penalty

'Dallas DNA' spotlights county's conviction integrity unit

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 04/27/2009
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Argument Preview: Bobby v. Bies

High court to hear death case

  • By: Cincinnati Enquirer
  • 04/26/2009
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Ohio: condemned killer must prove disability again

  • By: Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
  • 04/26/2009
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‘Pro-life’ (but not all lives)

  • By: Grand Junction Free Press
  • 04/25/2009
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UPDATED: Prosecutor says execution stay unwarranted

  • By: The Norman Transcript
  • 04/25/2009
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Longtime Tarrant district attorney Curry dies after lung cancer fight

Illinois prisons seek medical cost savings

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS: ON NOTICE OF NO APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

  • By: 186TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
  • 04/24/2009
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New claims in Bastrop murder appeal Reed's lawyers cite more sexual misconduct complaints in suggesting that former police officer Fennell killed fiancee.

  • By: American Statesman
  • 04/24/2009
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'Killer' Keller Digs Herself Deeper

  • By: The Austin Chronicle
  • 04/24/2009
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Senate panel votes down death penalty repeal

Habeas Change Approved

  • By: Marshall News Messenger
  • 04/23/2009
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Colorado Bill to Repeal the Death Penalty

Ethicists weigh in on Judge Sharon Keller's case

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 04/21/2009
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High court will jump back into prosecutorial immunity, speedy trial issues

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 04/21/2009
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High Court Turns Down Challenge to Jury's Use of Bible

U.S. Supreme Court refuses case in which jurors consulted Bible before death sentence returned

  • By: Beaumont Enterprise
  • 04/20/2009
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Gov. Richardson, Activists Honored in Rome After New Mexico Repeals Death Penalty

Death row lawyers get paid while messing up: Attorneys who continue to miss appeal dates are still getting cases

Georgia Death Row Inmate Loses 11th Circuit Appeal

  • By: Fulton County Daily Report
  • 04/20/2009
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Richardson meets Pope over death penalty repeal

  • By: South County Spotlight
  • 04/20/2009
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Guilt by the Numbers: How fuzzy is the math that makes DNA evidence look so compelling to jurors?

  • By: California Lawyer Magazine
  • 04/20/2009
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Analysis: Joe Biden to Blame for Troy Davis's Fate?

  • By: Atlanta Progressive News
  • 04/20/2009
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Major report from The Constitution Project on right to counsel

  • By: Sentencing Law and Policy
  • 04/19/2009
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Talk of drug courts, but not major policy changes, in drug war from Obama team

  • By: Sentencing Law and Policy
  • 04/19/2009
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Georgia struggles to pay for a costly capital system

  • By: Sentencing Law and Policy
  • 04/19/2009
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States finding death penalty's costs prohibitive

  • By: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • 04/19/2009
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For those convicted, it's a long road to the death penalty: Even if Richard Poplawski were to be sentenced to die, it may not happen

  • By: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • 04/19/2009
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‘Crisis’ in death-penalty trial system: Too little money available, attorney says

  • By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 04/19/2009
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Proposed sentencing change draws mixed views

Bills allowing prisons to jam cell-phone signals draw debate

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 04/19/2009
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Opinion: It’s time to stop executing people

  • By: Greensboro News-Record
  • 04/19/2009
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Opinion: State's Death Penalty Foes Are Wrong

The Long Arm of the Law: A looming battle over the role foreign judges should play in U.S. courts

Convicted killer in Texas KFC massacre denies role

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 04/18/2009
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Death penalty repeal bill still close call in House, King says

  • By: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
  • 04/17/2009
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Parole board recommends clemency for Oklahoma man

Lethal injection bill advances

  • By: Lincoln Journal Star
  • 04/17/2009
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Job Announcement: Assistant Federal Public Defender for Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Defender's Office for the Middle District of Pennslyvania

  • By: Federal Public Defender's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • 04/17/2009
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Homicide trials strain schedule: As flood of cases hits the system, some must wait until January for their day in court

  • By: The News & Observer
  • 04/17/2009
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Lethal injection bill advances to full Legislature

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 04/16/2009
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House backs death-penalty demise

House votes to end death penalty in Colo.

  • By: The Durango Herald
  • 04/16/2009
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Supreme Court to hear case challenging lethal injection

  • By: Arkansas News Bureau
  • 04/16/2009
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Study urges overwhelmed attorneys for the indigent to reject new cases New test for determining ineffective counsel

  • By: National Law Journal
  • 04/16/2009
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http://michiganmessenger.com/17102/national-report-confirms-michigan-study-on-indigent-defense

  • By: Michigan Messenger
  • 04/16/2009
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Clemency recommended for Gilson

  • By: The Norman Transcript
  • 04/16/2009
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Judge signs off on San Quentin improvements

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 04/16/2009
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Troy Anthony Davis, 11th Circuit Court Opinion

  • By: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • 04/16/2009
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Court rejects Troy Davis’ appeal: Killer gets 30-day stay of execution to pursue appeals

  • By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 04/16/2009
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Troy Davis loses appeal by 2-1 vote

Alabama Senate supports executions

  • By: The Auburn Plainsman
  • 04/15/2009
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House gives preliminary OK to eliminating death penalty

  • By: Colorado Springs Gazette
  • 04/15/2009
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Repeal seen as threat to verdict: Addison prosecutor: Keep death penalty

Slain officer's mom makes plea to Senate panel

  • By: Manchester Union Leader
  • 04/15/2009
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Death penalty foe’s ‘awakening’ still a compelling story

  • By: Terre Haute Tribune-Star
  • 04/15/2009
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Opinion: Using death penalty funds to catch murderers

Johnson: Mercy in the name of justice

Editorial: The cost of capital punishment

Senate Takes Up Death Penalty

  • By: New Hampshire Public Radio
  • 04/14/2009
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Constitution Project Releases Right to Counsel Report

  • By: The Constitution Project
  • 04/14/2009
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Job Announcement: Paralegal for Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Defender's Office for the Middle District of Pennslyvania

  • By: Federal Public Defender's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • 04/10/2009
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Death penalty fund: Public defenders say they're out of money and can't defend man in death penalty case

Georgia Assembly Okays Death Penalty Alternative, Denies Spilt Jury Measure

  • By: Atlanta Progressive News
  • 04/05/2009
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Texas inmate set to die next week wins reprieve

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 04/03/2009
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PROJECT PRESS Spring 2009 Newsletter

  • By: American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project
  • 04/03/2009
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Were Lawmakers Relieved the Death-Penalty Ban Died in Committee?

Editorial: Disclosure: Appeals judge already under fire apparently hid assets Cox East Texas

Judge's omission on financial disclosures was inadvertent, her attorney says

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 04/02/2009
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WA Execution Team Resigns

Bill on lethal injections altered, sent to Senate

  • By: Arkansas Democrat Gazette
  • 04/02/2009
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Panel endorses lethal injection information bill

Court: Gov't should pay lawyers for clemency work

ScotusBlog: Today's Opinions: Harbison v. Bell

Editorial: ho pays the legal fees for judges charged with ethical violations?

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 04/01/2009
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Annals of Human Rights: Hellhole

Alabama Voices: State-sanctioned sin

  • By: Montgomery Advertiser
  • 03/27/2009
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Quinn won't end death penalty moratorium

  • By: Peoria Journal Star
  • 03/26/2009
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Study: Witness errors lead juries astray

New bills look to reform Texas criminal justice system

New Report Analyzes Texas Wrongful Convictions Exposed by DNA

  • By: Talking Points Memo
  • 03/25/2009
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New Report Analyzes Texas Wrongful Convictions Exposed by DNA and the Reforms that Can Prevent Them

  • By: The Justice Project
  • 03/25/2009
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Report Says Executions Doubled in 2008

  • By: The New York Times
  • 03/24/2009
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Executions in US a regional phenomenon: Amnesty

China Tops World Execution List at 72%, Amnesty Says (Update2)

Mobile death chambers take capital punishment on the road

Clinton unplugged

Death-penalty bill expected to pass this week

  • By: The Washington Times
  • 03/24/2009
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Calif.'s powerful prison guards' union calls for sentencing reform commission

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 03/24/2009
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Lawmakers Propose Moratorium on Executions

Newest tourism idea: How about the electric chair?

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 03/24/2009
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McCook Wonders If Electric Chair Would Spark Tourism

  • By: Nebraska State Paper
  • 03/24/2009
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Editorial: N.H. needs death penalty study group

Opinion: Clock ticks on state to fix flawed execution system

Opinion: Panel was biased against execution

Bill Richardson Interview

  • By: Rachel Maddow Show
  • 03/23/2009
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Lawyers’ late filings can be deadly for inmates: Tardy paperwork takes away final appeals for nine men, six of whom have been executed

Opinion: Death penalty puts undue strain on justice system

Press Release: Death Penalty: 2,390 executions in 2008 worldwide, 72 per cent in China

  • By: Amnesty International
  • 03/23/2009
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Opinion: Death penalty drains justice system resources

Death row inmate loses appeal

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 03/22/2009
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Opinion: Life-in-prison sentence OK legislation

  • By: Portales News-Tribune
  • 03/21/2009
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House committee approves death penalty restrictions: O'Malley-backed reform bill to get full debate next week

A matter of life or death: First Christian Church supports doing away with death penalty

  • By: St. Joseph News-Press
  • 03/21/2009
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Death Penalty Moratorium Gains Support in Missouri

Editorial: Pushing back the death penalty in New Mexico

Editorial: Change way accomplices are punished

  • By: The Dallas Morning News
  • 03/20/2009
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Book Review: A Saint on Death Row (Thomas Cahill)

Death penalty repeal is law: Richardson visits prison, goes to Mass before making 'most difficult decision'

  • By: Santa Fe New Mexican
  • 03/19/2009
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Death penalty applied unevenly

Texas Judge: Eye-plucking inmate 'crazy' but sane

  • By: International Herald Tribune
  • 03/18/2009
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32 Years on Death Row

Saving lives and money

Job Announcement: Capital Habeas Unit Legal Research & Writing Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender

  • By: Office of the Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Tennessee
  • 03/11/2009
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SANDERS: Texas Legislature should pass two death-penalty related bills

Justices Rule on Legal Effects of Slow-Moving Cases

A Key Legal Right at Risk

NM Senate committee OKs death penalty repeal

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 03/10/2009
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Key Neb. lawmaker wants to limit death penalty

Dr. William Petit Testifies In Support Of Death Penalty

  • By: The Hartford Courant
  • 03/05/2009
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Senate OKs limits on use of death penalty: Senate falls short of repeal but OKs plan to restrict use of execution

O'Malley Set To Move on as Death Penalty Repeal Sinks

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 03/05/2009
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Kansas Legislature won't abolish death penalty this session

Death penalty repeal falters

  • By: Topeka Captial-Journal
  • 03/04/2009
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Lethal injection bill to include debate over death penalty

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 03/04/2009
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State Senate nixes death penalty repeal: Debate continues on when to use capital punishment

Retired judge makes case for higher standard in death sentences: Higher standard of guilt proposed before juries order death penalty

Bill imposes death penalty moratorium

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 03/04/2009
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Opinion: The death penalty is unjustified in civil society

Senate committee approves death penalty repeal

  • By: Santa Fe New Mexican
  • 03/04/2009
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Senators turn away repeal of death penalty in Md.: Lawmakers vote instead to restrict when capital punishment can be used

Changes Dilute Md. Bill to Repeal Death Penalty

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 03/04/2009
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Fort Worth lawmaker files bill to require late court hours on day of execution

  • By: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 03/04/2009
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NC executions unlikely to resume any time soon

  • By: Rocky Mount Telegram
  • 03/04/2009
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Key dates in NC's capital punishment debate

  • By: The Fayetteville Observer
  • 03/04/2009
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Midlands Voices: Trials too impure to risk executions

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 03/02/2009
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Budget concerns force states to reconsider the death penalty

Editorial: Preserve Death Penalty To Protect Our Officers

  • By: Albuquerque Journal
  • 03/01/2009
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Senate gives amendment to speed executions a preliminary OK

Opinion: The death penalty's costs

Editorial: Costing out capital punishment

When Judges Behave Badly

Keller legal defense expected to be expensive

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 02/28/2009
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Commentary: High court’s secret and hasty vote

Letter to the Editor: Cost of the Death Penalty

Bill Would Exempt Lethal Injection Procedures, Could Scuttle Lawsuit

Md. State's Attorneys Differ on Death Penalty

  • By: Southern Maryland Online
  • 02/27/2009
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Toal outlines cost-cutting in judiciary

Calif. Courts May Be in for Shortened Hours

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 02/26/2009
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Film: An Advocate of Killing Killers Learns From One

Death penalty costly, isn't working

Death penalty: a price too high

  • By: St. Petersburg Times
  • 02/26/2009
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Senate may debate death penalty repeal: Bill could go to floor no matter how panel votes

O'Malley leads march to repeal death penalty

  • By: Delmarva Daily Times
  • 02/26/2009
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Death penalty economics

Ky.'s top public defender says office going broke

  • By: Lexington Herald-Leader
  • 02/25/2009
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Global financial crisis could put an end to the US death penalty

Flawed System Is Wasting Millions

  • By: Albuquerque Journal
  • 02/25/2009
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Sentence Saves Innocent Lives

  • By: Albuquerque Journal
  • 02/25/2009
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‘Triggerman’ bill to Kaine

  • By: Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • 02/25/2009
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Fairfax Senator's Unlikely Stand: Death Penalty Bill Opposed

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 02/25/2009
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Jimmy Carter writes to NM gov about death penalty

  • By: The Santa Fe New Mexican
  • 02/25/2009
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Alaska death penalty debate far more complex than meets the eye

Hutchison trouncing Perry, pollster finds: Lawmaker calls for end to death penalty for defendants who don't actually do the killing

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 02/25/2009
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Perry's pandering to the far right

Judgment day: A faulty ethical compass makes Judge Sharon Keller unfit for the bench.

Citing Cost, States Consider End to Death Penalty

  • By: The New York Times
  • 02/25/2009
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Lawmakers Cite Economic Crisis in Effort to Ban Death Penalty: A number of state legislators are citing the country's economic woes as a reason to overturn capital punishment laws

We, Too, Are Abolitionists: Black History Month, Slavery and the Death Penalty

  • By: The Huffington Post
  • 02/24/2009
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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Voice Support for New Mexico Legislative Action To Outlaw Death Penalty

  • By: The Carter Center
  • 02/24/2009