Archive for the ‘Capital Punishment’ Category
Virginia Reverses Change in Death Row Visitation; Post Applauds
Monday, August 30th, 2010Dallas DA, In Tough Race, Now Favors Some Capital Punishment
Friday, August 27th, 2010KY Sets Execution Date For Killer, Lacks Drug To Inject Two Others
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Davis Loses GA Death Appeal; Case May Return To Supreme Court
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010A Georgia federal judge has ruled against Troy Davis’ claims that he is innocent of the 1989 murder for which he’s been sentenced to death, reports the Fulton County Daily Report. The decision came nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court granted the request Davis’ supports had been making for years: ordering a judge to review what they say is evidence showing that Davis did not murder Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail. (more…)
New Orleans Cop Attorneys Argue Against Katrina Case Death Penalty
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010NC Death Penalty Foes Seek Commutations After Lab Criticism
Saturday, August 21st, 2010Law Firm’s Mailroom Error May Doom Alabama Death Row Inmate
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010First MS-13 Gang Member Gets Death Penalty In U.S. Court
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010NC Study Finds Killers Of Whites More Likely To Get Death Penalty
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Someone accused of killing a white person in North Carolina is nearly three times as likely to get the death penalty than someone accused of killing a black person, says a new study by two researchers who looked at death sentences over a 28-year period, reports the Raleigh News & Observer. The findings come as many in North Carolina are focusing on the death penalty and race. Death-row inmates have only a few more weeks to file challenges to their sentences under the Racial Justice Act approved by the legislature last year. (more…)