Archive for the ‘Capital Punishment’ Category

Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly for 220 Convicts on PA Death Row

Monday, August 30th, 2010

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Virginia Reverses Change in Death Row Visitation; Post Applauds

Monday, August 30th, 2010

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Dallas DA, In Tough Race, Now Favors Some Capital Punishment

Friday, August 27th, 2010

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KY Sets Execution Date For Killer, Lacks Drug To Inject Two Others

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

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Davis Loses GA Death Appeal; Case May Return To Supreme Court

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

A 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, 2010

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NC Death Penalty Foes Seek Commutations After Lab Criticism

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

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Law Firm’s Mailroom Error May Doom Alabama Death Row Inmate

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

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First MS-13 Gang Member Gets Death Penalty In U.S. Court

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

NC Study Finds Killers Of Whites More Likely To Get Death Penalty

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Someone 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…)