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Inmate ordered off death row in North Carolina
Clinton Smith, a man sentenced to die in 1998 for the death of his daughter, was ordered off death row last week by state Supreme Court judge John Jolly, Jr. …
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Is it worth the risk, Maryland?
When testifying before state lawmakers in 2007, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley asked “Can the death penalty ever be justified as public policy when it inherently necessitates the occasional taking of…
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Washington Execution Stayed
Two separate courts (a County Superior court and a Federal District court) have issued stays of execution for Darold Stenson, who was scheduled to be put to death by the…
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No Rational Explanation
[caption id="attachment_366" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Washington State flag"][/caption] The death penalty isn’t as popular out West as it is down South. For example, there hasn’t been an execution in Washington since…
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How Will YOU Celebrate Human Rights Day?
Now, the outgoing Bush administration’s plans for celebrating Human Rights Day ’08 can finally be revealed! On December 10, they are going to carry out the first U.S. Military execution…
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"… whether Davis may be executed if he can establish actual innocence …"
[caption id="attachment_264" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Troy Davis rally, Atlanta, Sept. 11, 2008"][/caption] This is one of the questions before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, in Atlanta, which is currently considering…
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Can the Death Penalty Cause Wrongful Convictions?
Yes. It happened most recently in Nebraska, where 6 men were sentenced to various prison terms for involvement in a murder they had nothing to do with, because some of…
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Maryland Commission Votes for Death Penalty Repeal
On Wednesday, the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment voted to recommend repealing the death penalty in Maryland. The Commission was created by the Maryland General Assembly to conduct a thorough…
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"A Hole in the Law?"
Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Bell v. Kelly, a Virginia case that has important implications for death penalty litigation. The issue in the case is complex. Under…
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Suicide By Court
[caption id="attachment_165" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Lethal injection kit © AI"][/caption] On November 21, Kentucky is set to execute Marco Allen Chapman, who was sentenced to death for the murder of two…
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Why Does New Hampshire Have the Death Penalty?
A jury in New Hampshire has just sentenced a white millionaire businessman named John Brooks to life without parole for the capital murder of Jack Reid in 2005. This was…
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Stay Granted for Troy Davis!
A stay of execution has been granted by the federal appeals court in Atlanta for Troy Davis who had been scheduled to die by lethal injection on October 27. This…