News
2010 General News
Job Opening for Director of the Office of Indigent Legal Services
- By: The Office of Court Administration
- 11/04/2010
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Tennessee Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder is Set Free Sidley Austin Gains Innocent Man's Freedom After Four Years of Pro Bono Efforts
- By: CNBC
- 11/03/2010
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Murderer Executed in Arizona
- By: The New York Times
- 10/29/2010
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State's legal help for death row inmates called failure
- By: Clarion Ledger
- 10/19/2010
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NH court sets standards for death sentence review
- By: Associated Press
- 10/08/2010
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Judge Barbara Hervey, Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit working to educate officials about issues with forensic science
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 10/07/2010
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"I Did It" Why do people confess to crimes they didn’t commit?
- By: New York Magazine
- 10/07/2010
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High court rejects Harris County woman's death row appeal
- By: Associated Press
- 10/07/2010
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Viguerie and Bozell: Support Is Waning for Death Penalty
- By: Times-Dispatch
- 10/07/2010
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Justice Stevens: An Open Mind On A Changed Court
- By: NPR
- 10/07/2010
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Strange lab 'secret'
- By: News Observer
- 10/07/2010
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Rushed to death: an editorial
- By: San Francisco Chronicle
- 10/07/2010
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Delay in Willingham case is unconscionable
- By: Austin Chronicle
- 10/07/2010
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Job Posting for positions with the Federal Public Defender Capital Habeas Unit in Arizona
- By: Federal Public Defender
- 10/07/2010
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Job Posting for Clinical Instructor
- By: International Human Rights Law Clinic, Berkeley, CA
- 10/07/2010
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Job Posting for Capital Habeas Attorney Position Office of Capital Writs Austin, Txas
- By: Office of Capital Writs Austin, Texas
- 10/07/2010
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More disturbing than Lewis' execution is our cavalier response
- By: Star Exponent
- 09/28/2010
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The crisis in providing legal counsel for poor defendants
- By: Washington Post
- 09/28/2010
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Baird to hold hearing on Willingham execution, Petition claims Corsicana man was wrongfully convicted, executed
- By: American-Statesman
- 09/28/2010
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Stay of Execution Granted for Brandon Rhode
- By: Associated Press
- 09/27/2010
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Timing of Calif. execution questioned
- By: Associated Press
- 09/27/2010
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Innocence group asks court to look at arson case
- By: Associated Press
- 09/27/2010
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Democrats Push Forward on Judicial Nominees
- By: The National Law Journal
- 09/27/2010
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Suicidal death row inmate denied stay of execution; appeals continue
- By: The Atlanta Journal Constitution
- 09/27/2010
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Attorney: Teresa Lewis a 'Poster Child' for Broken Death Penalty System
- By: The National Law Journal
- 09/27/2010
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Hearing to see if suicidal inmate is sane enough to be executed
- By: The Atlanta Journal Constitution
- 09/27/2010
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Justice in the balance
- By: USA Today
- 09/27/2010
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Texas court reverses conviction in dog scent case
- By: Associated Press
- 09/27/2010
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Kansas Supreme Court examines accuracy of eyewitness accounts
- By: The Wichita Eagle
- 09/27/2010
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Forensic panel should push in defining 'duty'
- By: Dallas News
- 09/27/2010
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Job Opening: Hamilton County,Ohio Public Defender
- By: Ohio Public Defender
- 09/27/2010
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Justice: Remedy flaws when possible
- By: Clarion Ledger
- 09/20/2010
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Texas panel requests more experts in arson case
- By: Associated Press
- 09/20/2010
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McDonnell won't stop woman's execution
- By: Times-Dispatch
- 09/20/2010
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Missouri Tells Judges Cost of Sentences
- By: New York Times
- 09/20/2010
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Forensic Commissioners Push Back Against Bradley
- By: Texas Tribune
- 09/20/2010
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Innocence Lost
- By: Texas Monthly
- 09/16/2010
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Murder conviction chock full of holes
- By: Dallas News
- 09/16/2010
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Condemned killer of 3 wins new sentencing trial
- By: Associated Press
- 09/16/2010
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Editorial: Forensics panel should hear experts
- By: Dallas News
- 09/16/2010
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Ky. prosecutors seek to lift stay of execution
- By: Associated Press
- 09/15/2010
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Federal Judge Rules That a Former Mississippi Prosecutor, Now a Judge, Lied in Court
- By: Reason
- 09/15/2010
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Death penalty cases impose singular burden
- By: Delaware Online
- 09/15/2010
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Confessing to Crime, but Innocent
- By: The New York Times
- 09/14/2010
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Hearing set on Keller dismissal request
- By: Statesman
- 09/14/2010
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Teresa Lewis didn't pull the trigger. Why is she on death row?
- By: Washington Post
- 09/13/2010
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Judge halts execution scheduled in Kentucky
- By: Associated Press
- 09/13/2010
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SBI bloodstain analysis team had no guidelines for 21 years
- By: News Observer
- 09/10/2010
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Alabama's Shameful Execution
- By: The Daily Beast
- 09/10/2010
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Budget Woes Hit Defense Lawyers for the Indigent
- By: New York Times
- 09/10/2010
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Teresa Lewis, Mentally Disabled Woman, To Be Executed In Virginia This Month
- By: Huffington Post
- 09/09/2010
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Judge to hear argument over Ky. execution protocol
- By: Associated Press
- 09/09/2010
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Kentucky death-row inmate's trial littered with problems
- By: Louisville Courier Journal
- 09/09/2010
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New Picture Has Emerged of Woman Facing Imminent Execution in Virginia
- By: Newswireo
- 09/09/2010
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Fire marshal backs arson finding in man's execution Assertion comes as forensic science panel finishing inquiry into 1991 fire that killed Cameron Todd Willingham's 3 children.
- By: AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
- 09/09/2010
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Ohio’s Governor Spares Life of a Death Row Inmate
- By: New York Times
- 09/07/2010
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After 33 years in Texas prisons, Huntsville warden done
- By: Associated Press
- 09/07/2010
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Governor’s Statement Regarding Clemency Application of Kevin Keith
- By: Columbus Dispatch
- 09/07/2010
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Death Penalty Focus Seeks Executive Director
- By: Death Penalty Focus
- 09/07/2010
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Scott Mooneyham: For the SBI crime lab, the damage is done for years to come
- By: Charlotte Observer
- 09/07/2010
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Oklahoma attorney general seeks lift of execution stay
- By: Associated Press
- 09/07/2010
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Panel Targets Roots of Wrongful Convictions
- By: Austin Chronicle
- 09/07/2010
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Death penalty opponents cite NC lab concerns
- By: Associated Press
- 09/07/2010
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Unfit for Execution
- By: Newsweek
- 09/07/2010
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Wrong debate on execution
- By: The Times-Tribune
- 09/07/2010
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Federal judge overturns death sentence for '98 murder
- By: Avalanche-Journal
- 09/07/2010
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Death row visits
- By: Washington Post
- 09/07/2010
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Job Posting for Capital Habeas Investigator
- By: Federal Public Offender
- 09/07/2010
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Job Posting for Assistant Federal Public Defender
- By: Assistant Federal Public Defender Capital Habeas Unit
- 09/07/2010
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Job Posting for Assistant Federal Public Defender
- By: Assistant Federal Public Defender with the Capital Habeas Unit
- 09/07/2010
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Job Posting for Administrative Officer
- By: Federal Public Defender
- 09/07/2010
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Linda Carty case displays weakness in Texas system
- By: Dallas News
- 09/07/2010
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Texas executes gang member for murder of 2 girls
- By: The Associated Press
- 08/18/2010
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Judge stays Oklahoma man's execution for 3rd time
- By: The Associated Press
- 08/18/2010
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Casey Anthony: Fate could hinge on Perry's rulings on death penalty
- By: Orlando Sentinel
- 08/18/2010
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Bill takes aim at racial bias on death row
- By: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- 08/18/2010
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Who should decide a defendant's mental capacity?
- By: pennlive.com
- 08/18/2010
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Federal judge upholds Ohio lethal injection system
- By: The Associated Press
- 08/18/2010
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Kevin Keith triple murder: Attorneys await word on clemency
- By: Mansfield News Journal
- 08/18/2010
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Sharon Keller's rebuke in mishandled appeal stands
- By: The Statesman
- 08/18/2010
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Ban Death Penalty for Severely Mentally Ill?
- By: Public News Service
- 08/18/2010
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Junk science? Another inmate on death row fights to disprove arson
- By: CNN
- 08/18/2010
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Death won't become Ohio
- By: Akron Beacon Journal
- 08/18/2010
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Cleared, and Pondering the Value of 27 Years
- By: The New York Times
- 08/18/2010
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DNA test may cast doubt on executed Texan's guilt
- By: The Associated Press
- 08/18/2010
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In the Rearview Mirror, Oklahoma and Death Row
- By: The New York Times
- 08/12/2010
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Ex-forensics chairman urges broader Willingham report
- By: The Statesman
- 08/12/2010
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Death penalty bias
- By: Winston-Salem Journal
- 08/10/2010
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Colors of justice
- By: newsobserver.com
- 08/10/2010
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Death Row Inmate's Team Fights to Save Case
- By: Law.com
- 08/09/2010
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Timeout from death?
- By: The Columbus Dispatch
- 08/09/2010
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Commission Defends Sanction Against Keller
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 08/09/2010
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Shameful record at SBI
- By: NewsObserver.com
- 08/09/2010
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SBI ignores years of warnings on confession called 'fiction'
- By: newsobserver.com
- 08/09/2010
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Gideon Alert: Legislative sponsor of the Montana Public Defender Act of 2005 calls for the system to be dismantled
- By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 08/03/2010
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A Respect for World Opinion
- By: The New York Times
- 08/03/2010
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High Court in Kenya Rules Hundreds of Death Sentences Unconstitutional
- By: The Death Penalty Project, via The Death Penalty Information Center
- 08/02/2010
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1st US execution of woman since 2005 set for Sept.
- By: Associated Press
- 08/02/2010
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Woman with Mental Disabilities Facing Execution in Virginia
- By: Death Penalty Information Center
- 08/02/2010
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Texas Commission Says Case of Executed Man Based on Flawed Science
- By: Death Penalty Information Center
- 08/02/2010
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Research Shows That Race of the Victim Matters in North Carolina Death Penalty
- By: Death Penalty Information Center
- 08/02/2010
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California Poll Shows Increase in Support for Life Without Parole
- By: Death Penalty Information Center
- 08/02/2010
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Job Openings at the Habeas Corpus Resource Center in San Francisco
- By: Habeas Corpus Resource Center
- 08/02/2010
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Wash. high court lifts stay of execution for Brown
- By: Associated Press
- 07/30/2010
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Too many laws, too many prisoners
- By: The Economist
- 07/30/2010
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Judge Sharon Keller wants her rebuke voided
- By: Austin American Statesman
- 07/30/2010
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California lethal injection method is under scrutiny
- By: Lodi News-Sentinel
- 07/30/2010
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Research Penn State: Is DNA Evidence Enough?
- By: Gant Daily
- 07/30/2010
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Three of Obama's Judicial Nominees Sail Through Hearing
- By: The National Law Journal
- 07/30/2010
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Judicial Confirmation Rates Have Nosedived in the Obama Presidency
- By: Center for American Progress
- 07/30/2010
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Japan hangs two, announces review of death penalty
- By: AFP
- 07/29/2010
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Obama Pushes Senate to Confirm Judges
- By: Law.com
- 07/29/2010
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Death Penalty Is Challenged Before a Trial in 3 Killings
- By: The New York Times
- 07/29/2010
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Pro Bono 2010: Innocence Beyond All Doubt
- By: The AmLaw Daily
- 07/29/2010
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Gideon Alert: Prosecutor calls Missouri PD workload crisis a "contrivance" as more attorneys turn back cases
- By: National Legal Aid and Defenders Association
- 07/29/2010
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Science- like death- has its limits
- By: The Statesman
- 07/28/2010
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Project Press Summer 2010 Newsletter Now Available Online!
- By: American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project
- 07/28/2010
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Texas panel finds flaws but no negligence in arson inquiry that led to execution
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 07/27/2010
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Science defeats DA 8-0
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 07/27/2010
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Justice - Death penalty data show need for Racial Justice Act.
- By: The Fayetteville Observer
- 07/27/2010
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Efficient death doesn't make it right
- By: The Journal Star
- 07/27/2010
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In Fighting Crime, How Wide Should a Genetic Net Reach?
- By: The New York Times
- 07/27/2010
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Editorial: Official 'oops' in the Willingham case?
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 07/27/2010
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Harris County sweetens public defender proposal
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 07/27/2010
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Hiding From the Death Penalty
- By: The Huffington Post
- 07/27/2010
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Texans wonder if they executed an innocent man
- By: CNN
- 07/23/2010
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Reprimand fits judge’s error
- By: Caller.com
- 07/23/2010
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Disparity seen in death penalty
- By: Winston-Salem Journal
- 07/23/2010
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Poll finds strong California support for death penalty
- By: Mercury News
- 07/23/2010
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Editorial: Mental retardation and the death penalty
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 07/22/2010
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More Than Reasonable Doubt About Death Penalty
- By: The Hartford Courant
- 07/22/2010
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San Francisco Gang Cases to Test DOJ's Death Penalty Policy
- By: Law.com
- 07/21/2010
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Editorial: Keller rebuke was necessary
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 07/21/2010
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Novel approach: reading courses as an alternative to prison
- By: The Guardian
- 07/21/2010
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A Riddle: Who Saves Lives But Is Not a Doctor?
- By: Huffingon Post
- 07/21/2010
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Singapore releases UK author in defamation case
- By: The Associated Press
- 07/21/2010
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With Keller, anatomy?of a historic wrist slap
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 07/21/2010
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Congress moves to crack down on prison cell phones
- By: Washington Post
- 07/21/2010
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Five myths about the death penalty
- By: The Washington Post
- 07/20/2010
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Henry Skinner's last chance: Steady in his convictions
- By: Amarillo Globe-News
- 07/20/2010
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Md. weighs allowing inmates' own clergy at death
- By: Associated Press
- 07/20/2010
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Mental retardation evidence may not save Arlington teenager's killer from death chamber
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 07/20/2010
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Santa Clara County DA not alone: Incumbent DAs in contested races fared poorly at the polls
- By: San Jose Mercury News
- 07/20/2010
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Gideon Alert: Michigan Supreme Court reverses its unanimous 2-month-old decision in ACLU class action lawsuit
- By: Nationa Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 07/19/2010
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Keller warned, but keeps post, in death penalty case
- By: The Houston Chronicle
- 07/19/2010
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Keller reprimanded for role in missed execution appeal
- By: The Statesman
- 07/19/2010
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Quinn favors death penalty moratorium; Brady would lift it
- By: The State Journal-Register
- 07/19/2010
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Newly freed death row inmate must leave Oklahoma
- By: Oklahoma Gazette
- 07/19/2010
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Tension in the Tarrant County criminal court
- By: Star-Telegram
- 07/15/2010
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Bredesen Commutes Death Sentence
- By: tennessee.gov
- 07/15/2010
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Job Opening: Assistant Federal Public Defender, Western District of Oklahoma
- By: Federal Public Defender Organization, Western District of Oklahoma
- 07/14/2010
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Anniversary Event Award Nomination Deadline Extended to July 23
- By: ABA Death Penalty Representation Project
- 07/14/2010
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Gideon Alert: The continued devolution of Georgia’s indigent defense system leads to case-by-case fixes with mixed results
- By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 07/13/2010
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Condemned inmates can cost Ohio $1M or more
- By: Cincinnati.com
- 07/13/2010
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Scientists Explain How Familial DNA Testing Nabbed Alleged Serial Killer
- By: Science Insider
- 07/13/2010
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A Yellow Light to DNA Searches
- By: The New York Times
- 07/13/2010
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Races could test voters' views on death penalty
- By: San Francisco Chronicle
- 07/13/2010
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County seeks $550K grant for mentally ill indigent defendants
- By: The Courier of Montgomery County
- 07/13/2010
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ABA Delegates to Consider Policies on Same-Sex Marriage, Criminal Justice, Tracing Guns, Mitigating Harm from Disasters, Civil Legal Aid
- By: ABA Division for Media Relations and Communication Services
- 07/13/2010
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Judge Strips AZ Prosecutors Of Power After They Allegedly Gave Suspect Confess-Or-Die Ultimatum
- By: TPM
- 07/12/2010
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‘Grim Sleeper’ Arrest Fans Debate on DNA Use
- By: The New York Times
- 07/12/2010
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Judge: Suspect's rights violated by former sheriff
- By: The Arizona Republic
- 07/12/2010
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Exonerated man from El Paso tries to help clear convicted killer Daniel Villegas
- By: El Paso Times
- 07/12/2010
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Student Work, Wins Increase on Innocence Projects
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 07/12/2010
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What causes people to give false confessions?
- By: The Chicago Tribune
- 07/12/2010
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Kevin Keith and the Witness Who Wasn't There
- By: Huffington Post
- 07/08/2010
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Will police hold back on endorsing Kamala Harris?
- By: California Watch
- 07/08/2010
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Pro Bono 2010: The High Price of Life
- By: The American Lawyer
- 07/08/2010
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The Uneven Hand of Justice
- By: The Huffington Post
- 07/08/2010
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Lethal injection chamber unveiled
- By: Omaha World Herald
- 07/08/2010
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Execution drugs in short supply
- By: NPR
- 07/08/2010
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Police DNA lab to be subject of external review
- By: The Statesman
- 07/08/2010
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Save the Date! Project Anniversary Event in Houston
- By: American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project
- 07/08/2010
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Ad Sponsorship in Event Programs for Supporters of the Project - Details Online Now!
- By: American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project
- 07/08/2010
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Justice Canady Signs Order Creating Fla. Innocence Commission
- By: TheLedger.com
- 07/06/2010
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How Two Questions Caused Death Penalty Misstep
- By: The New York Times
- 07/06/2010
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North Carolina's gas chamber years
- By: The News & Observer
- 07/06/2010
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Trying to Restore Integrity to Death Row Defense
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 07/06/2010
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Texas State Office of Capital Writs, Senior Attorney Job Opening
- By: Texas State Office of Capital Writs
- 07/06/2010
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Texas State Office of Capital Writs, Staff Attorney Job Posting
- By: Texas State Office of Capital Writs
- 07/06/2010
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Texas State Office of Capital Writs, Staff Attorney (II) Job Posting
- By: Texas State Office of Capital Writs
- 07/06/2010
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Texas State Office of Capital Writs, Staff Attorney (I) Job Posting
- By: Texas State Office of Capital Writs
- 07/06/2010
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West Texas Public Defender Mitigation Specialist Job Opening
- By: West Texas Public Defender's Office
- 07/06/2010
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West Texas Assistant Public Defender Job Opening
- By: West Texas Public Defender's Office
- 07/06/2010
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West Texas Public Defender Investigator Job Opening
- By: West Texas Public Defender's Office
- 07/06/2010
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West Texas Public Defender Legal Assistant Job Opening
- By: West Texas Public Defender's Office
- 07/06/2010
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West Texas Public Defender Legal Assistant Job Opening
- By: West Texas Public Defender's Office
- 07/06/2010
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OCA Head Questions Harris County Plan for Free E-Filing Portal
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 07/06/2010
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Troy Davis case full of murky legal questions
- By: Savannah Morning News
- 07/06/2010
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Defendants Squeezed by Georgia's Tight Budget
- By: The New York Times
- 07/06/2010
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The death penalty: Worth the cost?
- By: nwi.com
- 07/06/2010
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The High Cost of Nevada's Death Penalty
- By: CBS Las Vegas
- 07/06/2010
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Execution of Texan on death row halted
- By: The Houston Chronicle
- 07/01/2010
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John Cornyn Seeks to Ban 'Murderabilia'
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 07/01/2010
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11th Circuit: Ga. Law Violates Eighth Amendment Rights of Mentally Retarded Death Penalty Defendants
- By: law.com
- 07/01/2010
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Death Penalty Scrapped in the Killing of Two Police Officers
- By: The Wall Street Journal
- 07/01/2010
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New laws for guns, smoking, drinking and texting
- By: The Associated Press
- 07/01/2010
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New state legislation takes effect today
- By: The Roanoke Times
- 07/01/2010
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Jindal signs bills on public school operations (*see last sentence)
- By: Advocate Capitol News Bureau
- 07/01/2010
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Fighting the Death Penalty: Hope for Change
- By: The Huffington Post
- 07/01/2010
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Can Your Genes Make You Murder?
- By: NPR
- 07/01/2010
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Indigent Defense System grants raise to director, despite state budget cuts
- By: The Oklahoman
- 07/01/2010
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Death Sentence Is Voided for Killer of 2 N.Y.P.D. Officers
- By: New York Times
- 06/30/2010
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Ga. Capital Case Revives Controversy Over State's Public Defender System
- By: Fulton County Daily Report/Law.com
- 06/30/2010
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Lethal injection table ready
- By: WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
- 06/30/2010
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Learning from Thurgood Marshall
- By: Raleigh News & Observer
- 06/30/2010
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Execution renews death penalty debate
- By: Muskogee Phoenix
- 06/30/2010
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OUR VIEW: An attorney general candidate's call for a death penalty moratorium may be a political ploy, but that doesn't mean he's not right
- By: Birmingham News
- 06/30/2010
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Editorial: Dems' caution over capital punishment
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 06/30/2010
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Supreme Court says Cobb death case needs another look
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 06/30/2010
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Cut This: The Death Penalty
- By: The Huffington Post
- 06/29/2010
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Firing squad execution underscores inhumanity of death penalty
- By: Jurist
- 06/29/2010
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Linda Carty: 'someone is trying to take my life for someone else's crime'
- By: The Observer
- 06/29/2010
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Democrats want to take a look at Alabama's capital punishment system
- By: The Birmingham News
- 06/29/2010
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"The State of the World's Human Rights"
- By: Death Penalty Information Center
- 06/29/2010
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GIDEON ALERT: Ohio Public Defender Commission to Force Change in Hamilton County (Cincinnati)
- By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 06/28/2010
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The executioner's tweet
- By: The Washington Post
- 06/28/2010
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Texas judge to hold hearing on death penalty law
- By: The Houston Chronicle
- 06/28/2010
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Death row defender: Those convicted of capital offenses get a much-needed advocate
- By: The Houston Chronicle
- 06/28/2010
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Confirmation hearings for Kagan begin today
- By: The Boston Globe
- 06/28/2010
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Follow the Project on Twitter!
- By: American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project
- 06/25/2010
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RSVP today for the 2010 ABA Annual Meeting Program "The Influence of International Law and Opinion in US Death Penalty Cases"
- By: American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project
- 06/25/2010
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Tennessee Methodists ask Bredesen to halt execution of Bartlett native Gaile Owens
- By: The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
- 06/23/2010
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Gideon Alert: Nevada reform stalls over definition of a "case"
- By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 06/23/2010
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Mental retardation burden of proof in death cases unconstitutional
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 06/22/2010
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Condemned killer wins hearing in triple slaying
- By: The Statesman
- 06/22/2010
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Chief hired for state public defense office
- By: The Houston Chronicle
- 06/22/2010
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New Troy Davis hearing this week in cop's death
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 06/22/2010
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Congress must rewrite the law governing lawyers for poor death-row inmates
- By: The Washington Post
- 06/22/2010
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If St. Paul Had Been a Texan, Our 'Christian' Officials Would Have Executed Him
- By: Huffington Post
- 06/22/2010
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Executing criminals always a barbaric act
- By: The Des Moines Register
- 06/22/2010
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Stevens leaving legacy of judicial care
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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On New Hampshire's death penalty
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What's Next for Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3?
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NEW VOICES: Utah Religious Leaders Express Concerns about the Death Penalty in Anticipation of Firing Squad Execution
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- 06/21/2010
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California Regulators Reject New Death Penalty Procedures
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Ohio Governor Spares the Life of Death Row Inmate
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Pennsylvania Cost Commission to Consider Expensive Death Penalty System
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Sharon Keller Case in Hands of Judicial Conduct Commission
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Embattled Texas judge faces disciplinary panel
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Gideon Alert: AG Holder & North Carolina; NY Governor Patterson's proposal for reform; American Constitution Society Panel; and Opinion Pieces
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- 06/21/2010
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The Solution to Troubled Indigent Defense Programs May Come From Big Law, Says Laurence Tribe
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- 06/21/2010
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Gideon Alert: Congressional Summit Offers Federal Recommendations to Stem Indigent Defense Crisis
- By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 06/17/2010
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Gideon Alert: Legislative changes yet to take root in Louisiana's 15th judicial district (Lafayette)
- By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 06/17/2010
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Death row inmate's death sentence overturned
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- 06/17/2010
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DNA Could Show If Claude Jones Was Wrongly Executed
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- 06/16/2010
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Judge orders DNA testing for man executed in 2000
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Attys urge top court to decide on Ga. capital case
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Constitutional Right to Counsel Summit held by the House Judiciary Committee
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Appeals court declines to halt Powell execution
- By: The Statesman
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Death Row inmate gains case review in Pompano Beach killing
- By: The Miami Herald
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Gideon Alert: Flat Fee Contracting Creates Seperate But Unequal Juvenile Justice in Los Angeles
- By: National Legal Aid & Defender Association
- 06/14/2010
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Law Schools Should Teach Students to Serve Where the Needs are the Greatest | Making Justice Real
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- 06/14/2010
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Governor Rebuffs Clemency Board in Murder Case
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- 06/14/2010
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Court: Death row case goes back to lower court
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- 06/14/2010
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Clemency decision expected from UT parole board
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Another Bilski-Free Day at the Supreme Court
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The Court granted cert. in three cases, and noted jurisdiction in a fourth: Cullen v. Pinholster
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- 06/14/2010
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Cullen v. Pinholster
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- 06/14/2010
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Gideon Alert: Harris County TX struggles with independence in seeking state funds
- By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 06/10/2010
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Public defender proposal lacks checks and balances
- By: The Houston Chronicle
- 06/10/2010
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At inmate's request, Utah prepares firing squad
- By: Associated Press
- 06/10/2010
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Death penalty becomes issue in gubenatorial race
- By: The New Mexico Independent
- 06/10/2010
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Regulators reject new death penalty procedures
- By: San Fransisco Chronicle
- 06/10/2010
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Agency rejects new rules for California executions
- By: The Sacramento Bee
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A better way to fix mistakes
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Cost-cutting panel hears suggestions to reduce number of state inmates
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District attorney finds fault in Powell defense request
- By: The Statesman
- 06/10/2010
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Condemned Texas man wins new punishment trial
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- 06/10/2010
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Gideon Alert: Oklahoma legislature addresses case overload by restricting access to justice
- By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 06/10/2010
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Texas panel approves funding for defenders office
- By: The Houston Chronicle
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Texas Judge Fires Back in Controversy Over Handling of Execution
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- 06/09/2010
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With execution a week away, Powell appeals
- By: The Statesman
- 06/09/2010
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Life without parole would be fair punishment for David Lee Powell
- By: The Statesman
- 06/09/2010
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Man sentenced to 14 years in deadly smuggling case
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Sentence ends case in 2003 migrant deaths
- By: Houston Chronicle
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Plea to MPs over death row Briton
- By: UK Press Association
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Attorneys question capital-punishment decision
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Regional defenders in Southwest Florida under fire
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Prisoner Legal Aid Goes High Tech
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- 05/27/2010
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Getting facts straight in Texas murder case
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- 05/27/2010
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DA's effort to recuse judge in murder case rejected
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 05/27/2010
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In Death-Penalty Cases, Innocence Has to Matter
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- 05/26/2010
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Leading the Witness: Contaminated memories and criminal injustice.
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- 05/26/2010
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Crime in the United States
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- 05/25/2010
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Our Opinion: Innocence now
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- 05/25/2010
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TN may execute 4 death row inmates in the next year
- By: The Tennessean
- 05/25/2010
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3 more may face death this year
- By: Clarion Ledger
- 05/25/2010
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Justice Delayed
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- 05/25/2010
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County fires Chief Medical Examiner Paul Shrode: Ohio Parole Board's ruling spurs decision
- By: EL PASO TIMES
- 05/25/2010
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Texas, the Death Penalty, and the Will of God
- By: Huffington Post
- 05/25/2010
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El Paso ME’s firing could impact Perry execution
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- 05/25/2010
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Gardner's date with firing squad revives talk of Mormon blood atonement
- By: The Salt Lake Tribune
- 05/24/2010
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Supreme Court to review case of Texas death row inmate who wants DNA testing
- By: The Los Angeles Times
- 05/24/2010
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Ga. Murder Case Shines Spotlight on Nation's Indigent Defense Systems
- By: The National Law Journal
- 05/24/2010
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Dems want to scrap death penalty in California
- By: San Francisco Chronicle
- 05/20/2010
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Pitts: Lady justice shows split personality in 2 cases
- By: Fayetteville Observer
- 05/20/2010
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Ky. judge weighs challenge to lethal injection
- By: Lexington Herald-Leader
- 05/20/2010
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Utah corrections director warns of possible emergency releases by this summer
- By: Deseret News
- 05/20/2010
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Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry approves clemency recommendation
- By: NewsOK
- 05/20/2010
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Death penalty kills the budget
- By: Boston Globe
- 05/19/2010
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Judge Asks U.S. to Consider Forgoing Death Penalty in Imprisoned Mobster’s Trial
- By: New York Times
- 05/19/2010
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Cook County Attorneys Running Out of Money to Try Death Penalty Cases
- By: Chicago Public Radio
- 05/19/2010
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Defenseless
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- 05/19/2010
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Strickland has to decide killer's fate
- By: The Columbus Dispatch
- 05/19/2010
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Attorney general says Ronnie Lee Gardner unworthy of mercy
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- 05/19/2010
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A New Standard of Decency
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Extended Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders Is Upheld
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- 05/18/2010
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A Lawyer Known Best for Losing Capital Cases
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Justices Rule on Prison Time for Juveniles, Sex Offenders
- By: The National Law Journal
- 05/18/2010
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Justices Bar Life Terms for Youths Who Haven’t Killed
- By: New York Times
- 05/17/2010
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Evidence of innocence
- By: Akron Beacon Journal
- 05/17/2010
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Death Row cases should be reviewed, justice says
- By: The Columbus Dispatch
- 05/17/2010
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Our View: Death penalty too costly, doesn’t deter murderers
- By: Norwich Bulletin
- 05/17/2010
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Md. executions waste families' time and taxpayers' money
- By: Washington Post
- 05/17/2010
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Court rules out some life sentences for juveniles
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- 05/17/2010
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Drug shortage may imperil executions in Arizona
- By: The Arizona Republic
- 05/17/2010
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5 years later: Ross executed, but issue continues to stir debate
- By: Norwich Bulletin
- 05/14/2010
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Revisiting the Racial Justice Act
- By: Greensboro News & Record
- 05/14/2010
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Relief from death penalty sought
- By: News & Observer
- 05/14/2010
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Brothers speak against executing the mentally ill
- By: Rocky Mountain Telegram
- 05/14/2010
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Supreme Court asked to decide Georgia death-penalty appeal
- By: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 05/13/2010
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'Mad Hitchhiker' executed; Ohio's 5th lethal injection this year
- By: Dayton Daily News
- 05/13/2010
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Texas lawmakers say commission dragging its feet on fatal fire probe
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- 05/13/2010
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Appellate rulings sought to set guidelines for mental impairment defenses
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- 05/13/2010
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Senate panel backs appeal waiver
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- 05/13/2010
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High Court Fails in Hood Appeal
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- 05/13/2010
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Ehrlich takes issue with O'Malley's delays on death penalty
- By: Washington Post
- 05/10/2010
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Inmates challenge new execution method in Kentucky
- By: Lexington Herald-Ledger
- 05/10/2010
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Not so fast
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- 05/10/2010
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Mother's Day and the Death Penalty
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- 05/10/2010
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One Man’s Hard Road, From Existing to Living
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16 death row inmates sue Miss.
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- 05/07/2010
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BURNED: “20/20” INVESTIGATES THREE ALLEGED ARSON CASES WITH THE HELP OF THE NATION’S LEADING FIRE EXPERTS AND THE LATEST TECHNIQUES
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- 05/07/2010
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Keller draws a new complaint
- By: Texas Politics Blog
- 05/07/2010
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Death row inmate: No justice by execution
- By: Rapid City Journal
- 05/06/2010
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Stevens: Risk of wrongful sentences higher
- By: USA Today
- 05/06/2010
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Death row inmates file lawsuit alleging Miss. post-conviction appeals procedure inadequate
- By: Associated Press
- 05/06/2010
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Court Allows Challenge to Legal Aid System in N.Y.
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Spring 2010 Edition of Project Press!
- By: American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project
- 05/06/2010
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David Oshinsky: The TT Interview
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 05/05/2010
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Editorial: Keller's ethics fine is hefty but fair
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 05/05/2010
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Gardner fights to stave off execution
- By: The Salt Lake Tribune
- 05/05/2010
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Death Row Is Reborn, But Is It Humane?
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- 05/05/2010
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ABA Death Penalty Representation Project 24th Anniversary Event Award Nominations Now Being Accepted!
- By: American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project
- 05/04/2010
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Our society fails the mentally ill
- By: Fayetteville Observer
- 04/30/2010
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Supreme Court asked to review death penalty fairness
- By: New Hampshire Union Leader
- 04/30/2010
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Oklahoma pushes legal limits on taxpayers' dime
- By: Google News-Associated Press
- 04/30/2010
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- 04/30/2010
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STATE OF IDAHO ANNOUNCES OFFICE OF THE STATE APPELLATE PUBLIC DEFENDER CAPITAL LITIGATION UNIT
- By: State Appellate Public Defender
- 04/28/2010
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Weird Science
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- 04/28/2010
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U.S. Supreme Court and Capital Caselaw-FREE WEBCAST!
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- 04/28/2010
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N.H. high court to weigh fairness of death penalty
- By: Associated Press
- 04/28/2010
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Death-penalty review still part of Georgia law
- By: Atlanta Journal Constitution
- 04/28/2010
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Troy Davis hearing set for June 30
- By: Savannah Morning News
- 04/28/2010
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Harris County OKs hybrid public defender office
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 04/27/2010
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What’s More Compromising Than Money?
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San Francisco DA Says Office Didn't Know About Problems at Scandal-Ridden Crime Lab
- By: The Recorder
- 04/27/2010
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Defenders' office could see expansion
- By: Avalanche Journal
- 04/27/2010
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A Case for the Supreme Court
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- 04/27/2010
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Doing Time, And Doing Good, In La.'s Angola Prison
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- 04/26/2010
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The Big Stall
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- 04/26/2010
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DPIC Weekly Updates : April 19, 2010 - April 23, 2010
- By: Death Penalty Information Center
- 04/26/2010
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Gardner case spotlights dysfunctional death penalty
- By: Associated Press
- 04/25/2010
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State's death penalty: a hollow promise?
- By: Union Tribune
- 04/25/2010
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ROBIN DeMONIA: Baby steps toward justice on executions?
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- 04/25/2010
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Commentary: Let's have a cheer for small victories
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- 04/25/2010
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Life After Death Row
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- 04/25/2010
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Forensic panel to investigate questionable science
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 04/24/2010
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Four-member panel to discuss Willingham case in private
- By: Star Telegram
- 04/24/2010
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State panel revives review of arson inquiry
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 04/24/2010
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Commission to review Willingham case
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 04/23/2010
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Public defender shakeup delayed
- By: The Augusta Chronicle
- 04/23/2010
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TribBlog: More Time for Willingham
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- 04/23/2010
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Forensic panel 'just beginning' Willingham arson inquiry
- By: American Statesman
- 04/23/2010
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Texas Forensic Science Commission faces scrutiny today in arson case with questionable science
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 04/23/2010
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In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance
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- 04/23/2010
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Inside Man: An Interview with Wilbert Rideau
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- 04/23/2010
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Va. OKs bill to let violent crime victims meet with death row inmates
- By: Washington Post
- 04/23/2010
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Timothy Cole panel questions the creation of a Texas innocence commission
- By: Star Telegram
- 04/23/2010
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Editorial: No more foot-dragging in Willingham case
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 04/22/2010
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Looking at the death penalty: Let’s talk about murder
- By: Capitol Weekly
- 04/22/2010
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Riverside County families march for victims' rights
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- 04/22/2010
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Texas Commission Set To Discuss Arson Cases Friday
- By: The Innocence Project
- 04/22/2010
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Indigent defense legislation delayed until next year
- By: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 04/22/2010
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Case delayed in forensic panel shuffle may finally get its due
- By: The Statesman
- 04/21/2010
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Prosecutor-Judge Affair Not Enough to Reverse Capital Murder Conviction: U.S. Supreme Court
- By: CBS News
- 04/21/2010
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Minister urges women on death row to consider higher judgment
- By: Montgomery Advertiser
- 04/21/2010
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Editorial: Justice further delayed in Hood case
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 04/21/2010
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Hood case not heard by U.S. Supreme Court
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- 04/21/2010
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Gaile Owens' son asks Bredesen to spare death row inmate's life
- By: The Tenneseano
- 04/21/2010
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Owens' case cries out for mercy
- By: The Tennessean
- 04/21/2010
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Editorial: Bring the death penalty back to life
- By: North County Times
- 04/21/2010
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Dallas chief prosecutor Craig Watkins fights injustice and racism
- By: Guardian.co.uk
- 04/20/2010
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TN sets Sept. 28 date to execute Gaile Owens for having husband slain
- By: The Tennessean
- 04/20/2010
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Gaile Owens supporters begin pitch to get her off Tennessee's death row
- By: The Commercial Appeal
- 04/20/2010
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Owens’ Son Pleas to Halt Mother’s Execution
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- 04/20/2010
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Bill to change California's lethal injection procedure moves forward
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- 04/20/2010
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The coddled lawyers of our fair state
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- 04/20/2010
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Supreme Court rejects appeal in Charles Dean Hood's murder case
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 04/20/2010
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Supreme Court Denies Review in Texas Case Involving Judge's Affair With DA
- By: The National Law Journal
- 04/20/2010
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US death sentence upheld despite judge-prosecutor affair
- By: AFP
- 04/20/2010
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Justices Get Personal Over Privacy of Messages
- By: New York Times
- 04/19/2010
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Proposal said to make Georgia death statute vulnerable to attack
- By: Atlanta Journal Constitution
- 04/19/2010
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Supreme Court turns down appeal of Texas inmate tried in court of amorous judge, prosecutor
- By: American Statesman
- 04/19/2010
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U.S. Supreme Court declines 5 Texas Death Row appeals
- By: Star Telegram
- 04/19/2010
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High court rejects death row appeals from Texas
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- 04/19/2010
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Judge-Prosecutor Affair Case Rebuffed by High Court
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- 04/19/2010
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Atheism and the death penalty
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- 04/19/2010
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Death Penalty Legislation Under Review in a Number of States
- By: The State Column
- 04/19/2010
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Supreme Court rejects Texas Death Row inmate's appeal based on sexual relationship between judge, Collin County DA
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 04/19/2010
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Constitution Project Expresses Disappointment in Supreme Court Refusal to Hear Case of Charles Dean Hood
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- 04/19/2010
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Connecticut atty hoping for anti-death penalty gov
- By: Associated Press
- 04/18/2010
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For US death row inmates, a long wait for execution
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- 04/18/2010
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'Autobiography of an Execution' book review: Texas lawyer's front-row view of death row
- By: Inside Jersey
- 04/18/2010
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Neither just nor moral
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- 04/16/2010
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Weekend at Death Row
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- 04/16/2010
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State: No Sign Of Inmate’s Anesthesia Allergy
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- 04/16/2010
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Judge to seal condemned Ohio inmate's allergy file
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Continued support for capital punishment leaves US on wrong side of history
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It's Time to End Domestic Violence
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Community Commentary:Let’s fix the death penalty
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- 04/16/2010
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Lethal obstruction: Setting aside politics and fixing the death penalty
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- 04/15/2010
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Murder Victim Family Members Ask Governor to Make Tough on Crime Choice to End Death Penalty
- By: California Progess Report
- 04/15/2010
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Anesthesia allergy could complicate Ohio execution
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- 04/15/2010
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian Releases Book on Capital Punishment
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- 04/15/2010
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Ky. high court weighing challenge to DNA law
- By: Lexington Herald-Ledger
- 04/15/2010
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Capital Cases U.S. Supreme Court Webcast
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Senate panel removes review from death-penalty statute
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- 04/15/2010
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Innocense Lost
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- 04/15/2010
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Oklahoma Indigent Defense System struggles to survive cuts
- By: The Oklahoman
- 04/14/2010
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State must prevent wrongful convictions
- By: The Columbus Dispatch
- 04/13/2010
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Perpetuating the death penalty just isn't cost-effective
- By: The Arizona Republic
- 04/13/2010
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Court issues stay of Don Davis execution
- By: UALR Public Radio
- 04/13/2010
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The Wider Impact of Hank Skinner’s Case
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- 04/13/2010
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Colo. Supreme Court: No Two-Year Limit In Death Penalty Appeals
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- 04/12/2010
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Condemned Ohio inmate allergic to anesthesia
- By: Associated Press
- 04/12/2010
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State high court stays Davis execution
- By: Arkansas News Bureau
- 04/12/2010
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Nominee’s death penalty views being distorted
- By: The Barr Code
- 04/12/2010
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Arkansas preparing for first execution in five years
- By: KUAR
- 04/12/2010
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Don Davis scheduled to be put to death today
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Texas Justice, American Injustice
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- 04/10/2010
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Court lifts Johnson’s stay of execution
- By: Associated Press
- 04/10/2010
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On death penalty, researchers differ with the police
- By: Concord Monitor
- 04/10/2010
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Texas Forensic Science Commission to reopen discussion of Willingham case this month
- By: Star Telegram
- 04/10/2010
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DA claims Texas judge has death penalty bias
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 04/09/2010
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Justice Stevens' Retirement Announced
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Appeals panel dissolves stays for two death-row inmates
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Appeals court nominee Liu causes battle in Senate
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GOP unhappy with judge’s nomination
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Liu LAW ’98 faces scrutiny
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Weight of the evidence
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The Inquisition
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- 04/08/2010
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Lawmakers challenge Forensic Science Commission chairman's priorities
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- 04/08/2010
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A death penalty record
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- 04/08/2010
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Harris Co. not sending as many killers to death row
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- 04/07/2010
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Suspend death penalty pending further study
- By: Pocono Record
- 04/07/2010
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20 years after Winnetka murder, women remain inspired by sister’s dying statement
- By: Chicago Tribune
- 04/07/2010
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One Christian's view on the death penalty
- By: Washington Post
- 04/07/2010
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DNA collection requirements for criminals, accused OK'd
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Attorney: Keith case could get review
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- 04/07/2010
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Records show state has spent more than $33,000 preparing for lethal injection
- By: Lincoln Journal Star
- 04/07/2010
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Wright pleads no contest, draws probation in prison contraband case
- By: Arkansas News Bureau
- 04/07/2010
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Wright pleads no contest, gets probation
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Leahy won't delay hearing for appeals court pick
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Marin D.A. on Liu Letter: Right Conclusion, Wrong Reasons
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- 04/07/2010
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Republicans: President Obama's judicial pick in 'jeopardy'
- By: Politico
- 04/06/2010
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Georgia's public defender system may go back under county control
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 04/06/2010
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Innocence groups back condemned Ohio killer of 3
- By: Associated Press
- 04/06/2010
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Ohio's new DNA law called model
- By: The Columbus Dispatch
- 04/06/2010
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Ohio's new DNA law a model, experts say
- By: Business Courier of Cincinnati
- 04/06/2010
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Ohio’s DNA law considered best in country
- By: The Lakeland Ledger
- 04/06/2010
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Texas Forensic Science Commission chairman won't appear at oversight hearing
- By: Star Telegram
- 04/06/2010
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Law needed for when courts deal with mental illness
- By: The Fayetteville Observer
- 04/06/2010
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Condemned killer to get info on execution methods
- By: The Salt Lake Tribune
- 04/06/2010
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Ronnie Lee Gardner wants to know resumes of executioners
- By: The Deseret News
- 04/06/2010
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Judge stays executions for two death-row inmates
- By: Arkansas News Bureau
- 04/05/2010
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At 89, Stevens Contemplates Law, and How to Leave It
- By: New York Times
- 04/05/2010
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Illness on Trial
- By: News & Observer
- 04/05/2010
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In a bad crowd: f Texas were a nation, it would be the world’s seventh most prolific executioner
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 04/05/2010
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Easter Season, Capital Punishment, and the "Drum Major for Peace"
- By: Afro-Netizen
- 04/04/2010
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DNA bill helped by University of Cincinnati students
- By: Cincinatti
- 04/04/2010
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Judge's conduct hearing set for June
- By: Austin American Statesman
- 04/02/2010
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Texas posts strong showing in death-penalty tourney
- By: Washington Post
- 04/02/2010
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice report reveals characteristics of state's prison population
- By: Star-Telegram
- 04/02/2010
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Orange Is the New Black: A Year in a Women's Prison - a Powerful Memoir by Piper Kerman
- By: Truthout
- 04/02/2010
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Jailhouse Snitches Sabotage Justice with Unreliable Evidence
- By: The Seminal
- 04/02/2010
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Jailhouse Snitches Sabotage Justice with Unreliable Evidence
- By: The Seminal
- 04/02/2010
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Ohio's Death Row growing smaller
- By: The Columbus Dispatch
- 04/01/2010
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SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Looking abroad for tips
- By: Google News - The Associated Press
- 04/01/2010
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Was Justice Kennedy Criticizing Obama Policy?
- By: The Blog of Legal Times
- 04/01/2010
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High Court Deportation Ruling Sets New Standard for Legal Advice
- By: The National Law Journal
- 04/01/2010
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DNA testing delays Clemons hearing
- By: The St. Louis American
- 04/01/2010
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U.S. Supremes Give Skinner a Reprieve
- By: The Austin Chronicle
- 04/01/2010
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Death Row Inmate Talks About Stay Of Execution
- By: CBS11tv.com
- 04/01/2010
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Capital Punishment Center to host conference on legislative developments on the death penalty April 9–10, 2010
- By: The University of Texas School of Law’s Capital Punishment Center
- 04/01/2010
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Death penalty report: China must end secrecy surrounding sentences and executions
- By: Amnesty International
- 03/31/2010
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Is the death penalty on death row?
- By: BBC News
- 03/31/2010
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Bill to streamline death penalty dies in committee
- By: The CT Mirror
- 03/31/2010
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Bill to streamline death penalty dies in committee
- By: The CT Mirror
- 03/31/2010
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State’s Death Penalty Law Is Consumer Fraud
- By: Hartford Business Journal
- 03/31/2010
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Editorial: Dollars and death
- By: Philadelphia Inquirer
- 03/31/2010
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The guv & the death penalty
- By: Philadelphia Daily News
- 03/31/2010
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Is the U.S. Supreme Court capable of dispensing justice after a wrongful conviction?
- By: True Slant Beta
- 03/31/2010
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Application of the death penalty is a Southern tradition
- By: Digital Journal
- 03/31/2010
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A better law for North Carolina
- By: News Observer
- 03/31/2010
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Gov. Clement followed conscience on death penalty
- By: The Tennessean
- 03/31/2010
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Death Penalty Sentencing In Decline Across U.S.
- By: ACLU of Northern California
- 03/31/2010
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How many people on death row come from YOUR county?
- By: ACLU of Northern California
- 03/31/2010
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China Said to Execute Thousands in ’09
- By: New York Times
- 03/31/2010
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Amnesty slams China in death penalty report
- By: AFP
- 03/31/2010
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How many does China execute?
- By: Guardian.CO.UK
- 03/31/2010
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Judge defends decision to dismiss fingerprints
- By: Cantonsville Times
- 03/31/2010
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Caravella case proves worth of DNA testing
- By: Sun Sentinel
- 03/31/2010
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1,400 Narcotics Cases to Be Re-Evaluated due to San Francisco Crime Lab Scandal
- By: The Recorder
- 03/31/2010
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Death penalty process must be fair: The high court should right the wrong in the Hood case, stemming from the judge's and prosecutor's affair
- By: The National Law Journal
- 03/29/2010
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From the Courthouse to the Statehouse
- By: The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
- 03/29/2010
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US judge urges skepticism on forensic evidence
- By: The Boston Globe
- 03/29/2010
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S.F. Public Defender Applies Pressure in Crime Lab Scandal
- By: The Recorder
- 03/29/2010
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THIS WEEK FROM DPIC: Week of March 22, 2010-March 28, 2010
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- 03/28/2010
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Just or Not, Cost of Death Penalty Is a Killer for State Budgets
- By: Fox News
- 03/27/2010
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Our opinion: Beyond the shadow of doubt
- By: Times Record News
- 03/26/2010
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Murder Case May Proceed in Georgia
- By: The New York Times
- 03/26/2010
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Justice is about more than conviction rates
- By: My San Antonio
- 03/26/2010
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HPD a forward-thinking leader in mental health
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 03/26/2010
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Delaware courts: Death row inmates seek review
- By: The News Journal
- 03/26/2010
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What is Jesus had been tried under Texas law?
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 03/25/2010
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Ga.'s top court lets death penalty case go forward
- By: Associated Press
- 03/25/2010
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State high court rejects request to bar death penalty
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 03/25/2010
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Execution delayed in DNA case
- By: SCOTUS Blog
- 03/25/2010
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MARCH 24, 2010 SKINNER, HENRY W. V. SWITZER, LYNN
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- 03/25/2010
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Court to decide if man can fight death sentence
- By: Associated Press
- 03/25/2010
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Death penalty study rebuffed
- By: World Herald
- 03/25/2010
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Nebraska lawmakers turn down death penalty study
- By: Lincoln Journal Star
- 03/25/2010
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Down to His Final Meal, Hank Skinner Granted Stay of Execution in Texas Murder Case
- By: ABC News
- 03/25/2010
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Justices Delay Execution, May Examine DNA Testing Issue
- By: Legal Times
- 03/25/2010
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Justices may opt to settle DNA issue
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 03/25/2010
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A reason for DNA testing
- By: Watertown DailyTimes
- 03/25/2010
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Lawmakers OK Ohio DNA bill
- By: The Columbus Dispatch
- 03/25/2010
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Some U.S. Supreme Court justices express reservations as Alabama Death Row inmate seeks new appeals opportunity
- By: The Birmingham News
- 03/24/2010
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Court Weighs Timing of Death Row Appeal
- By: New York Times
- 03/24/2010
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Death row inmate entitled to delay for DNA tests
- By: Statesman
- 03/24/2010
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Death penalty bill sought by Md. Senate president seems derailed
- By: Washington Post
- 03/24/2010
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Condemned Texas man seeks reprieve for DNA testing
- By: Associated Press
- 03/24/2010
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Hours before execution, Texas inmate seeks DNA tests
- By: AFP
- 03/24/2010
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France asks US to spare death row convict
- By: Expatica
- 03/24/2010
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Texas Set to Execute Another Possibly Innocent Man
- By: Counter Punch
- 03/24/2010
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With DNA Still Untested, Texas Prisoner Hank Skinner Scheduled to Die Tonight
- By: Alter Net
- 03/24/2010
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OUR VIEW: A committee in the Alabama House should vote in favor of a bill that would place a three-year hold on executions in the state
- By: Birmingham News
- 03/24/2010
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Texas inmate seeks last minute stay
- By: CNN
- 03/24/2010
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TribBlog: Lawmakers Urge Perry to Grant Skinner Reprieve
- By: Texas Tribune
- 03/23/2010
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Hank Skinner Scheduled for Execution Tomorrow
- By: Reason
- 03/23/2010
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Indigent Defense Reform on the Way?
- By: Lagniappe
- 03/23/2010
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Will the state of Texas execute an innocent man?
- By: True Slant Beta
- 03/23/2010
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Hank Skinner Execution Update: Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Deny DNA Test Request
- By: The Liberty Papers
- 03/23/2010
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Panel of leaders will speak at Georgetown Law tonight, as legislators introduce resolutions in Arizona, Nebraska and Oklahoma
- By: The Innocense Project
- 03/23/2010
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Justice Comes Too Late for Timothy Cole
- By: Fort Worth Weekly
- 03/22/2010
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Editorial: Hold up Skinner execution for DNA tests
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 03/22/2010
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Board declines reprieve for man convicted in Panhandle slayings
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 03/22/2010
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Convicted Texas killer of 3 loses clemency bid
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 03/22/2010
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Exonerated man's family vows to keep fighting for justice
- By: Star Telegram
- 03/20/2010
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Inmate maintains innocence as execution approaches
- By: Associated Press
- 03/20/2010
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Texas and Gov. Perry Apparently Indifferent to the Execution of a Possibly Innocent Man
- By: Huffington Post
- 03/20/2010
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DNA test needed in Skinner case
- By: My San Antonio
- 03/20/2010
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Isn't a man's life worth an extra 30 days?
- By: Star Telegram
- 03/20/2010
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Texas death row inmate's final request: DNA testing
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 03/19/2010
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Texas gov. gives copy of pardon to man's family
- By: Star Telegram
- 03/19/2010
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Opponents of death penalty take protest to the Capitol
- By: American-Statesman
- 03/19/2010
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The Secret Pardon
- By: Texas Tribune
- 03/19/2010
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Position Announcement: Paralegal at the office of the Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee
- By: Federal Public Defender Middle District of Tennesse
- 03/19/2010
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Position Announcement: Assistant Federal Public Defender at the office of the Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee
- By: Federal Public Defender Middle District of Tennesse
- 03/19/2010
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Position Announcement: Research and Writing Attorney at the office of the Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee
- By: Federal Public Defender Middle District of Tennesse
- 03/19/2010
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It's best to test: DNA could prove a death row convict innocent. Let’s test it while he’s alive
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 03/19/2010
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TribBlog: AZ Lab Offers Free Testing for Skinner
- By: Texas Tribune
- 03/18/2010
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DNA lab offers free 30-day test in Hank Skinner case
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 03/18/2010
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Texas court turns down convicted murderer's DNA request
- By: AFP
- 03/18/2010
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No surprise here: TCCA denies Hank Skinner appeal
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 03/17/2010
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Chromosomal Laboratories Offers Pro Bono DNA Testing to Help Stay an Execution
- By: WebWire
- 03/17/2010
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Governor Halts Execution After Court Declines To Lift Stay
- By: Arkansas News Bureau
- 03/17/2010
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Senate panel OKs death penalty for child rapists
- By: Associated Press
- 03/17/2010
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Pa. lawmaker: End death penalty
- By: Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau
- 03/17/2010
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Leach introduces Bill to repeal death penalty
- By: Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau
- 03/17/2010
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A case to put Missouri's death penalty to rest
- By: The Kansas City Star
- 03/17/2010
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Killer of 3 in Texas loses bid for execution delay
- By: Associated Press
- 03/17/2010
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TribBlog: You Want Me to What? Really?
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 03/17/2010
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Landmark exoneration in NC almost never happened
- By: Washington Post
- 03/17/2010
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Pennsylvania Capitol is buzzing today with rallies, events
- By: The Patriot News
- 03/16/2010
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Lawyers make last bid for man convicted in Panhandle slayings
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 03/16/2010
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Science may hold the answers, but people have to ask the questions
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 03/16/2010
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New Yorker's Todd Willingham story among journalism's best of the decade
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 03/16/2010
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Ohio executes inmate who killed neighbor in 1994
- By: The Associated Press
- 03/16/2010
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Ga. chief judge says budget cuts threaten courts
- By: NewsTimes
- 03/16/2010
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After Stevens: What will the Supreme Court be like without its liberal leader?
- By: The New Yorker
- 03/16/2010
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1 in 5 death penalty cases led to death row
- By: The Post and Courier
- 03/15/2010
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TribBlog: Pardons Board Rejects Skinner Request
- By: Texas Tribune
- 03/15/2010
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State's Death Penalty Statute at Issue in Upcoming Hearing
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 03/15/2010
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In N.C., only 20 percent of condemned are executed
- By: Charlotte Observer
- 03/15/2010
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Column - Matthew Wright: DNA testing would resolve doubt in convicted killer's guilt
- By: Amarillo Globe News
- 03/14/2010
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TribBlog: Skinner Asks Perry for Reprieve
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 03/12/2010
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Would DNA testing make a difference in the Hank Skinner case?
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 03/12/2010
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Fine misused judicial rule in death penalty statement
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 03/12/2010
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Ellis, Scheck and Session: Trusting science in life and death
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 03/12/2010
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Taiwan justice minister resigns over death penalty
- By: BBC News
- 03/12/2010
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Death penalty bill dropped by Senate
- By: Nashua Telegraph
- 03/11/2010
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Further changes sought to Md. death penalty law
- By: Baltimore Sun
- 03/11/2010
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New bill could give death penalty to repeat child molesters
- By: Tulsa Beacon
- 03/11/2010
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Ga.'s system to defend the poor still reeling
- By: Google News - The Associated Press
- 03/11/2010
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Ky. lethal injection method on course for approval
- By: Courier-Journal
- 03/11/2010
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National Public Defender Symposium: Achieving the Promise of the Sixth Amendment: Non-Capital and Capital Defense Services
- By: American Bar Association
- 03/10/2010
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Death penalty is the right topic, but the judge's ruling is the wrong debate
- By: Star-Telegram
- 03/10/2010
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St. Louis police say they had Clemons evidence all along
- By: ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
- 03/10/2010
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Prosecutorial misconduct case against York-Poquoson commonwealth's attorney moves forward
- By: Daily Press
- 03/10/2010
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Ex-Clinton Aide Looks to Death Row to Aid Her Defense
- By: Wall Street Journal
- 03/10/2010
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Justice's welcome push to improve legal counsel for poor defendants
- By: Washington Post
- 03/10/2010
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Lack of funds for death-penalty defense cited in bid for dismissal
- By: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 03/10/2010
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In Search of Volunteer Lawyers for Death Row Inmates
- By: The Blog of Legal Times
- 03/09/2010
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Looking at the Death Penalty
- By: kimt.com
- 03/04/2010
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APNewsBreak: WA changes execution method
- By: Associated Press
- 03/03/2010
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Execution set for police killer
- By: The Statesman
- 03/02/2010
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Justices Debate Whether Lawyer Negligence Can Extend Habeas Deadline
- By: The National Law Journal
- 03/02/2010
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Brite speaker to discuss the death penalty in the Catholic faith
- By: Daily Skiff
- 03/02/2010
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Supreme Court refuses to hear Texas killer's case
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 03/02/2010
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This Court charges the United States death penalty with perverting the course of justice
- By: AMICUS
- 03/02/2010
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Falkenberg: Changing dialogue on death penalty
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 03/01/2010
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to lethal injection process in Tennessee
- By: Associated Press
- 03/01/2010
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Death row lets victims' families down
- By: Guardian.CO.UK
- 03/01/2010
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Death row: the last hope
- By: Guardian.CO.UK
- 02/28/2010
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Death-row inmate Linda Carty launches last-chance appeal to US Supreme Court
- By: The Times
- 02/27/2010
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High court should take up tainted Texas trial
- By: My San Antonio
- 02/27/2010
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Save The Date: David Dow Book Event in D.C.
- By: Politics and Prose
- 02/27/2010
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Lethal injection questioned in Oklahoma case
- By: NewsOK
- 02/26/2010
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Editorial: Three capital cases illustrate how tactics trump truth
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 02/26/2010
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Undermining faith in the Texas criminal justice system
- By: Star Telegram
- 02/26/2010
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The Time Has Come to Say No to Death
- By: Huffington Post
- 02/26/2010
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Jury foreman explains Mustafa Ali sentence
- By: Inquirer
- 02/26/2010
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Birkett: Death penalty all fixed
- By: Chicago Tribune
- 02/26/2010
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Prominent Harvard law professor joins Justice Department
- By: Washington Post
- 02/26/2010
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Death row’s high cost: It’s time to convert capital sentences to permanent imprisonment
- By: Chico News and Review
- 02/25/2010
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Death row inmate gets new punishment hearing
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 02/25/2010
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The Brief: February 25, 2010
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 02/25/2010
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Death penalty thrown out over sex scandal
- By: The Independent
- 02/25/2010
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Europeans step up pressure for global halt to death penalty
- By: The Sydney Morning Herald
- 02/25/2010
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Supreme Court Rules in Case Involving 'Demeanor-Based' Rejection of Juror
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 02/25/2010
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'Miranda' Dealt One-Two Punch by High Court
- By: The National Law Journal
- 02/25/2010
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The death penalty: A question of human rights
- By: DW-World
- 02/24/2010
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Senior UN official cites evidence of growing support for abolishing death penalty
- By: The UN
- 02/24/2010
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Death penalty opponents see executions on the wane
- By: Reuters
- 02/24/2010
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Hood granted new punishment hearing
- By: Star Local News
- 02/24/2010
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Court throws out death penalty for Texas man
- By: Star Telegram
- 02/24/2010
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Death Penalty Is Thrown Out in Texas Murders
- By: New York Times
- 02/24/2010
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Divided court tosses death sentence for Hood: Appeals court grants new sentencing trial, says Hood's jury received improper instructions
- By: Statesman
- 02/24/2010
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Chales Dean Hood Opinion
- By: Texas Judiciary Online
- 02/24/2010
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Chales Dean Hood Dissenting Opinion
- By: Texas Judiciary Online
- 02/24/2010
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Senators hear testimony on bill to study death penalty costs
- By: Lincoln Journal Star
- 02/24/2010
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Job Posting: Director, Texas Office of Capital Writs. Deadline extended to March 31st, 2010
- By: Texas Office of Capital Writs
- 02/24/2010
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Best clue: The case of the erotic candy
- By: The Houston Chronicle
- 02/23/2010
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At least Senate had debate, vote
- By: The Wichita Eagle
- 02/23/2010
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The Death Penalty: Racist, Classist and Unfair
- By: Time Magazine
- 02/23/2010
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Kansas bill to end death penalty fails; senators praised for debate
- By: Catholic News Service
- 02/23/2010
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Hire A Lawyer, Escape the Death Penalty?
- By: ACS Law
- 02/22/2010
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Tinkering with Death
- By: The Austin Chronicle
- 02/22/2010
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Doctors who aid in executions unlikely to face sanctions
- By: American Medical News
- 02/22/2010
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'The Autobiography of an Execution' by David R. Dow
- By: The Los Angeles Times
- 02/21/2010
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Death-row lawyer looks at toll of system on witnesses to execution
- By: Statesman
- 02/21/2010
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Lawyer's angry look at death penalty
- By: Chicago Sun Times
- 02/21/2010
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Getting to know your death row inmate
- By: Chicago Sun Times
- 02/21/2010
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Death penalty not always just
- By: The News Leader
- 02/20/2010
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Bring death penalty back to Alaska for next J. Wade
- By: Anchorage Daily News
- 02/20/2010
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Senate bill fails; death penalty not eliminated
- By: The Wichita Eagle
- 02/20/2010
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Kansas Senate sustains death penalty
- By: The Star's Topeka
- 02/19/2010
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Judges free NC murder convict after 16 years
- By: Associated Press
- 02/19/2010
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Punishment urged for judge in killer's appeal case
- By: Houston and Texas News
- 02/19/2010
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Both Sides Take Issue With Special Master's Findings in Keller Case
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 02/19/2010
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As We See It
- By: Yankton Press and Dakotan
- 02/19/2010
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SD lawmakers refused to repeal death penalty
- By: Associated Press
- 02/19/2010
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Kansas Senate will debate death penalty repeal Friday
- By: Kansas City Star
- 02/19/2010
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Senate will debate death penalty bill today
- By: The Wichita Eagle
- 02/19/2010
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Senate to debate death penalty
- By: The Topeka Capital Journal
- 02/19/2010
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Judges Free Inmate on Recommendation of Special Innocence Panel
- By: New York Times
- 02/19/2010
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Prominent attorney seeks Supreme Court review of Hood death penalty case
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 02/19/2010
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Case shows wisdom of innocence process
- By: Charlotte Observer
- 02/19/2010
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Editorial: State innocence panel finally delivers justice
- By: News & Record
- 02/19/2010
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An innocent man free at last - a win for all of us
- By: Rocky Mount Telegram
- 02/19/2010
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Establishing Innocense
- By: The Herald Sun
- 02/19/2010
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Freedom looks good for Greg Taylor
- By: News Observer
- 02/19/2010
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Family Of Jacquetta Thomas Wants Justice
- By: Wake News
- 02/19/2010
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Blood-hounded
- By: News Observer
- 02/19/2010
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Historic steps lead Taylor to freedom
- By: News Observer
- 02/19/2010
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After 19 years, will the killer be found?
- By: News Observer
- 02/19/2010
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Three know Taylor's ordeal all too well
- By: News Observer
- 02/19/2010
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4th World Congress Seeks to Abolish Death Penalty
- By: Truthout
- 02/19/2010
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Convicted Stocking Strangler Carlton Gary ordered to be at Monday hearing that may be unnecessary
- By: Ledger Enquirer
- 02/17/2010
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Judge Johnston resigns amid meeting with investigator
- By: Ledger Enquirer
- 02/17/2010
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Judge Frank Jordan Jr. will hear Stocking Strangler case after Johnston resigns
- By: Ledger Enquirer
- 02/17/2010
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Will Texas Soon Execute Another Innocent Man? Our Reporting Challenges Verdict As Clock Ticks
- By: Medill Innocense Project
- 02/17/2010
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Va. Senate panel rejects death penalty use for accomplices
- By: Washington Post
- 02/17/2010
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Most Virginia death penalty expansion bills rejected
- By: The Virginian Pilot
- 02/17/2010
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General Assembly notebook: Bill allows police killers to be executed
- By: The Roanoke Times
- 02/17/2010
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Senate panel defeats death penalty expansion
- By: Daily Progress
- 02/17/2010
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House votes to repeal 'triggerman rule'
- By: Capital News Service
- 02/17/2010
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Death penalty debate murky
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- 02/17/2010
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Farouk Shami says state of Texas has killed lots of innocent people
- By: Austin American Statesman
- 02/17/2010
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Former Executioner Helps Sink Virginia Death Penalty Expansion
- By: Amnesty International
- 02/17/2010
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Gilbert: ‘We are back to square one’ on triggerman bill
- By: Augusta Free Press
- 02/17/2010
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How Many Innocent People Are In Prison
- By: Science Blogs
- 02/17/2010
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Crist, others support inmate rehab programs in tight budget
- By: St. Petersburg Times
- 02/15/2010
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Survey says...
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 02/15/2010
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This week from DPIC
- By: Death Penalty Information Center
- 02/15/2010
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Measure to repeal state's death penalty on hold
- By: The Wichita Eagle
- 02/13/2010
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Virginians Should Say No to Expanding Death Penalty
- By: The Rutherford Institute
- 02/12/2010
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Bill to abolish the death penalty may remain bottled up
- By: Lawrence Journal World
- 02/12/2010
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Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners
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- 02/12/2010
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Revising the book on mental illness
- By: The Los Angeles Times
- 02/12/2010
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The DSM story
- By: The Los Angeles Times
- 02/12/2010
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New Criteria for Psychiatric Diagnoses Proposed
- By: Science Magazine
- 02/12/2010
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Psychiatry's draft new 'bible' goes online
- By: New Scientist
- 02/12/2010
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DSM-V offers new criteria for personality disorders
- By: Psychology Today
- 02/12/2010
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DSM-V: Get ready, get set . . . here it comes!
- By: Forensic Psychologist
- 02/12/2010
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DSM-V: Get ready, get set . . . here it comes!
- By: Forensic Psychologist
- 02/12/2010
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Kansas pretends its capital punishment system is working
- By: Kansas City Star
- 02/12/2010
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Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, and the Noble Lie
- By: Find Law
- 02/12/2010
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Panel eyes death penalty for home invasion killings
- By: Union Leader
- 02/12/2010
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Death Penalty Repeal Returns
- By: Public News Service
- 02/12/2010
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AMICUS Application Form
- By: AMICUS
- 02/12/2010
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Reprieve Job Opportunity (Legal Director Death Penalty)
- By: Reprieve
- 02/12/2010
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The Gulf Region Advocacy Center is hiring for three full-time positions
- By: The Gulf Region Advocacy Center
- 02/12/2010
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17th Annual NASAMS Sentencing Advocacy Training
- By: NLADA Training
- 02/12/2010
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State Senator Introduces Death Penalty Reform Bills
- By: Capital Public Radio
- 02/12/2010
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David Dow, Of UH And Death Row, Gets Some Book-Selling Help From The New York Times
- By: Houston Press
- 02/12/2010
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Capital punishment: planned execution brings out some unusual opponents
- By: Capital Ideas
- 02/12/2010
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Possibly Innocent Man Loses Another Appeal
- By: Texas Observer
- 02/11/2010
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The Life of a Death Penalty Lawyer
- By: New York Times
- 02/11/2010
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Neb. governor signs off on lethal injection
- By: Associated Press
- 02/11/2010
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Rules for lethal injection approved
- By: World-Herald Bureau
- 02/11/2010
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Thwarting Justice by Denying DNA Testing
- By: The Huffington Post
- 02/10/2010
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Revising Book on Disorders of the Mind
- By: New York Times
- 02/10/2010
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Revision to the bible of psychiatry, DSM, could introduce new mental disorders
- By: The Washington Post
- 02/10/2010
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Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose
- By: Associated Press
- 02/10/2010
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Shifts Ahead for Mental Diagnoses
- By: The Wall Street Journal
- 02/10/2010
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Condemned killer of college student loses appeal
- By: Associated Press
- 02/10/2010
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Execution date set for inmate who harassed senator
- By: Associated Press
- 02/10/2010
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John Temple's The Last Lawyer
- By: Indi Week
- 02/10/2010
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Innocence panel gets push
- By: Florida Today
- 02/10/2010
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How Many More Are Innocent
- By: Reason
- 02/08/2010
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The death penalty -- it's unworkable
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 02/04/2010
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Va. House passes death penalty expansion
- By: Washington Examiner
- 02/04/2010
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Hearing Friday on NH death penalty
- By: The Telegraph
- 02/04/2010
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Self-Inflicted Death Cheats Justice
- By: Hartford Courant
- 02/04/2010
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Wrongful Conviction and the Death Penalty
- By: The Claremont
- 02/03/2010
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No answer to Judge Keller’s findings this week
- By: Statesman
- 02/03/2010
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Lawmakers hold hearing on Cates bill
- By: The Telegraph
- 02/03/2010
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The State of the State: What wasn't said
- By: Washington Post
- 02/03/2010
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Death penalty likely to expand in Virginia under McDonnell
- By: The Virginian Pilot
- 02/03/2010
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Increases in dependency, death penalty cases strain county justice department
- By: Kingman Daily Miner
- 02/03/2010
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Delegates support changes to OPD board
- By: Maryland Daily Record
- 02/03/2010
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Virginia headed in wrong direction on death penalty, following Texas' lead
- By: Dallas Morning News
- 02/03/2010
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N.H. legislators taking up expanded death penalty
- By: Associated Press
- 02/03/2010
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Senate panel considers expanded capital murder legislation today
- By: Fosters Daily Democrat
- 02/03/2010
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Ogden attorney fights against death penalty
- By: Standard Examiner
- 02/01/2010
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Opponents of state’s death penalty law mobilizing
- By: Lawrence Journal World
- 02/01/2010
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Texas panel meets, skips talk of Willingham case
- By: The Associated Press
- 02/01/2010
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Death penalty pursuit: cost vs. certainty
- By: Amarillo Globe News
- 02/01/2010
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Wrongful convictions
- By: The Morning Sun
- 02/01/2010
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Ayotte has big lead – for now
- By: The Telegraph
- 02/01/2010
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NH Senate hearing Tues on death penalty bill
- By: The Associated Press
- 02/01/2010
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Death Penalty Bill Unveiled
- By: WBAL
- 02/01/2010
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Bishops support death penalty repeal
- By: The Morning Sun
- 01/30/2010
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Questions arise over lethal injection in Ky.
- By: The Associated Press
- 01/30/2010
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Ohio prisons director could voice death penalty stance after overseeing lethal injections
- By: The Associated Press
- 01/30/2010
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Case Open: The Investigation
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 01/29/2010
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Rabbis Request Bail For Rubashkin
- By: The Wall Street Journal
- 01/29/2010
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New report on the role of medical boards regulating doctor involvement in executions
- By: Journal of Medical Licensure and Discipline
- 01/29/2010
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Second Circuit addresses constitutional claims in challenge to NY felon disenfranchisement
- By: Sentencing Law and Policy
- 01/29/2010
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Drunk driver gets into more trouble after posting Facebook photo
- By: The Buffalo News
- 01/29/2010
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Fourth Circuit adopts plain-error review for unpreserved error of inadequate explanation
- By: Sentencing Law and Policy
- 01/29/2010
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Ninth Circuit upholds long white-collar sentences while covering of lots of notable issues
- By: Sentencing Law and Policy
- 01/29/2010
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Debating the Cost of Capital Punishment
- By: Parade
- 01/29/2010
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Kansas Senate panel endorses measure to repeal state death penalty
- By: Associated Press
- 01/29/2010
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Senate Judiciary panel passes bill to eliminate the death penalty
- By: Wichita Eagle
- 01/29/2010
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Death penalty repeal advances in KS
- By: Kansas City Star
- 01/29/2010
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Members of Tim Cole panel stop by his grave site
- By: Star Telegram
- 01/29/2010
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Pro-death America Alone
- By: The Charleston Gazette
- 01/27/2010
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Kansas could abolish death penalty to cut costs
- By: The University Daily Kansan
- 01/27/2010
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Missouri Supreme Court overturns Lyons' death sentence, upholds Deck's
- By: Associated Press
- 01/27/2010
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Missouri Supreme Court overturns Lyons' death sentence, upholds Deck's
- By: Associated Press
- 01/27/2010
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Missouri Supreme Court overturns Lyons' death sentence, upholds Deck's
- By: Associated Press
- 01/27/2010
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Missouri AG Seeks Execution Dates for Neo-Nazi Mass-murderer, Good Samaritan-killer
- By: Kansas City Info Zine
- 01/27/2010
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Koster seeks execution dates for convicted killers
- By: Missourian
- 01/27/2010
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The Autobiography of an Execution
- By: The Huffington Post
- 01/26/2010
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Editorial: Judge Keller shouldn't get a pass
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 01/25/2010
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Kentucky lethal injection protocol vague, experts say
- By: Louisville Courier-Journal
- 01/25/2010
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Cheshire Case Illustrates Jury Picking Problems
- By: Connecticut Law Tribune
- 01/25/2010
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After 34 Years, a Plainspoken Justice Gets Louder
- By: New York Times
- 01/25/2010
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Death row inmates stay indefinitely
- By: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- 01/25/2010
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State can protect safety without death penalty
- By: The Wichita Eagle
- 01/25/2010
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Death penalty's vanishing point?
- By: News Observer
- 01/25/2010
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court denies habeas relief without ruling on aedpa interpretation
- By: SCOTUS Blog
- 01/22/2010
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Break the cycle and choose life
- By: The Daily Emerald
- 01/22/2010
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Illinois can't afford its death penalty system
- By: The Chicago Tribune
- 01/22/2010
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Pleas made for executions
- By: Topeka Capital Journal
- 01/22/2010
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Victims’ families argue to keep death penalty
- By: The Wichita Eagle
- 01/22/2010
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Rethinking how the law deals with mentally ill criminals
- By: The Seattle Times
- 01/21/2010
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Meehan: Jury selection in capital case an arduous, tricky process
- By: Norwich Bulletin
- 01/21/2010
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Texas panel to meet, but Willingham not on agenda
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- 01/21/2010
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Special Master Finds CCA Presiding Judge Sharon Keller Should Not Be Punished
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 01/20/2010
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Judge blames defense for executed inmate's botched appeal
- By: Austin Bureau
- 01/20/2010
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Keller should not be removed from office, special judge says
- By: Statesman
- 01/20/2010
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Supreme Court: Jury selection should be open
- By: USA Today
- 01/20/2010
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Ruling could be a small setback for Abu-Jamal
- By: Philadelphia Inquirer
- 01/20/2010
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Ruling could be a small setback for Abu-Jamal
- By: Philadelphia Inquirer
- 01/20/2010
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Is an eye for an eye justified?
- By: The Morning Sun
- 01/20/2010
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Penalty no deterrent, panel told
- By: Wichita Eagle
- 01/20/2010
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Senators to debate death penalty repeal
- By: Lincoln Journal Star
- 01/20/2010
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Supreme Court upholds death penalty for mentally impaired Ala. man with inexperienced lawyer
- By: Associated Press
- 01/20/2010
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AEDPA and the Sixth Amendment’s “Fair Cross-Section” Requirement
- By: SCOTUS Blog
- 01/20/2010
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- High Court Justices Underscore Importance of Open Criminal Trials
- By: The National Law Journal
- 01/20/2010
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Supreme Court Rules on Trial Conduct in Georgia
- By: New York Times
- 01/19/2010
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Nebraska Legislature set to take up repeal of death penalty
- By: Digital Journal
- 01/19/2010
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Death penalty hearings start
- By: Topeka Capital-Journal
- 01/19/2010
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Area Kansas legislators divided on elimination of capital punishment
- By: Joplin Globe
- 01/19/2010
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Kansas Senate again looks at abolishing state’s death penalty
- By: Kansas City Star
- 01/19/2010
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Death penalty reviewed this week by Kansas lawmakers
- By: Associated Press
- 01/19/2010
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Shades of Prejudice
- By: New York Times
- 01/19/2010
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Shaken baby syndrome itself is put on trial in Fairfax court
- By: Washington Post
- 01/19/2010
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Reliving Horror in a Test for the Death Penalty
- By: New York Times
- 01/19/2010
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Study: Death sentences reach record low
- By: Tulsa World
- 01/19/2010
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El Paso medical examiner to keep his job
- By: El Paso Inc.
- 01/19/2010
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Canadian on death row sues for end of execution chamber
- By: National Post
- 01/18/2010
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Anti-death penalty movement wooing conservatives
- By: Washington Post
- 01/18/2010
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Medical examiner in hot seat: County to look into Shrode's credentials
- By: El Paso Times
- 01/16/2010
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Michael Denson: Walking the last mile with death row inmates
- By: US Catholic
- 01/14/2010
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Alabama Legislature fast-tracks road, no-bid contract bills
- By: The Birmingham News
- 01/13/2010
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4 billion reasons for legislative focus
- By: The Virginian Pilot
- 01/13/2010
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Ending death penalty could have unintended consequences
- By: St. Louis Post
- 01/13/2010
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Common distrust of judiciary should end death penalty
- By: Springfield News
- 01/13/2010
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Coakley’s death penalty chameleon act unimpressive
- By: Boston Globe
- 01/13/2010
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Death to the death penalty
- By: Wichita Eagle
- 01/13/2010
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The death penalty can be justified
- By: The Morning Call
- 01/13/2010
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Killer Frank Spisak, not his attorney, brought on death penalty, justices rule
- By: The Washington Post
- 01/13/2010
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Supreme Court upholds death sentence for neo-Nazi
- By: The Columbus Dispatch
- 01/13/2010
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Execution chamber won't move, state Corrections Department now
- By: Missoulian State Bureau
- 01/12/2010
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Execution for Nazi-loving Cleveland murderer can move forward, despite his lawyer's 'outrageous' representation
- By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
- 01/12/2010
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Court Reinstates Death Sentence for Ohio neo-Nazi
- By: The Associated Press
- 01/12/2010
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Justices may reverse decision barring no-show testimony
- By: The National Law Journal
- 01/12/2010
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High Court Justices Grill Both Sides in Confrontation Clause Case
- By: The National Law Journal
- 01/12/2010
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Need to Trim Corrections Spending, Governor? Stop Wasting Money on the Death Penalty!
- By: California Progress Report
- 01/12/2010
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Short-sighted cuts to judiciary will weaken justice in Georgia
- By: Atlanta Journal Constitution
- 01/12/2010
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With New Member, Supreme Court Takes New Look at Crime Lab Ruling
- By: The New York Times
- 01/12/2010
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Save the Date: Equal Justice Initiative Benefit Dinner 2010
- By: Equal Justice Initiative
- 01/12/2010
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Condemned Dallas man loses at US Supreme Court
- By: Associated Press
- 01/11/2010
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Condemned Dallas man loses at US Supreme Court
- By: Associated Press
- 01/11/2010
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Fire expert expected to testify in House hearing
- By: Associated Press
- 01/11/2010
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TODAY'S QUESTION: Should the death penalty be abolished in Missouri?
- By: Columbia Missourian
- 01/11/2010
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Death sentences really just life terms
- By: The Morning Call
- 01/10/2010
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Deeper look shows even more cases of unequal justice
- By: Tennessean
- 01/10/2010
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Deeper look shows even more cases of unequal justice
- By: Tennessean
- 01/10/2010
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Louisiana has seen dramatic decline in executions, in line with national trend
- By: The Times-Picayune
- 01/10/2010
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Filing: Improper prep before failed Ohio execution
- By: Associated Press
- 01/10/2010
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Suit challenging executions tossed
- By: The Advocate
- 01/09/2010
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Switching off the death penalty
- By: The Christian Science Monitor
- 01/08/2010
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La. judge refuses killer's plea to halt executions
- By: Associated Press
- 01/08/2010
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Cracked: Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ban, Texas has continued to send mentally retarded criminals to death row. Will a Mexican immigrant's case correct this injustice?
- By: The Texas Observer
- 01/08/2010
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Experts debate Ohio's 1-drug lethal injection
- By: Associated Press
- 01/08/2010
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Assessing the justice of capital punishment cases
- By: Washington Post
- 01/07/2010
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AP: House blocks home invasion bill
- By: Associated Press
- 01/07/2010
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NH lawmakers reject expansion of death penalty
- By: Nashua Telegraph
- 01/07/2010
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TribBlog: AG Says Posthumous Pardons Possible
- By: The Texas Tribune
- 01/07/2010
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Voice from death row
- By: Chicago Tribune
- 01/06/2010
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The Professor and the Prosecutor: Anita Alvarez’s office turns up the heat on David Protess’s Medill Innocence Project
- By: Chicago Magazine
- 01/06/2010
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Smart Bombs: Death penalty kills budgets
- By: The Spokesman-Review
- 01/06/2010
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California proposes new lethal injection procedures
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 01/06/2010
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Board investigating medical examiner Dr. Paul Shrode
- By: El Paso Times
- 01/06/2010
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Doubts remain -- but legal recourse does not -- in Kevin Cooper case
- By: LA Times
- 01/05/2010
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Group Gives Up Death Penalty Work in Frustration
- By: New York Times
- 01/05/2010
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Reform rollback: Capital crime law facing challenge
- By: The Oklahoman
- 01/05/2010
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Supreme Court Drops Undecided Prosecutorial Immunity Case After Parties Settle
- By: The National Law Journal
- 01/05/2010
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The big bluff: Do prosecutors threaten death penalty to get guilty pleas?
- By: al.com
- 01/04/2010
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The Sidney Awards
- By: New York Times
- 01/04/2010
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Death penalty: With doubts raised, it's time to address state's flawed system
- By: The Statesman
- 01/04/2010
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A year for more executions
- By: Washington Post
- 01/04/2010
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Death row diminished
- By: The Philadelphia Inquirer
- 01/04/2010
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Death verses dollars
- By: Salina Journal
- 01/04/2010
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OUR VIEW: A new report suggests several states are at least somewhat putting the brakes on the death penalty, but Alabama remains stuck in the fast lane
- By: Birmingham News
- 01/04/2010
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Harris County loses state lead in executions
- By: Houston Chronicle
- 01/04/2010
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Life over death
- By: The Economist
- 01/04/2010
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Death Row Cases Decline In 2009
- By: NPR Morning Edition
- 01/04/2010
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