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| Doctor Death
by Sheila Michell, Guest Blogger from the UK
April 27th, 2011
A notorious psychologist loses his license to evaluate death-eligible defendants for intellectual disability in capital cases. |
| Life Without Parole: The Soft Option?
by Sheila Michell, Guest Blogger from the UK
February 24th, 2011
On February 8th, 2011, 36 year old Larry Countee received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole in Chicago’s Cook County Court. Countee earned this punishment for the terrible murders of his mother, grandmother and uncle and the attempted murder of his sister, all committed during his 2006 burglary of their family home. While there are those who would argue that Countee should have received a death sentence, I believe that Judge Salone made the right decision. To see why this is, we should look at the sentence’s impact on the individuals affected by it. |
| Texas Appeals Court Stops Death Penalty Hearing
by James Brockway, Guest Blogger
January 12th, 2011
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has decided to make permanent their stay December 7th stay on a hearing in Texas v. Green which examined the constitutionality of Texas's death penalty in light of the frequency of wrongful convictions. |
| Death Penalty Usage Maps Show Infrequent Use of the Sentence
by Stefanie
October 22nd, 2010
This remarkable sideshow of maps (below), created by Robert Smith (Staff Attorney at Capital Appeals Project / Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice) for a recent blog post he wrote for Second Class Justice, reveals that the death penalty is slowly fading away in the United States. |
 | Inadequate Legal Counsel a Key Concern in Death Penalty Cases
by Erica Sanders, Guest Blogger
September 30th, 2010
Mounting evidence suggests that lack of financial resources and poor quality of counsel have a profound impact on the sentencing of inmates facing the death penalty. Statistical data and specific cases highlight the need for a judicial system that ensures quality defense for all defendants. |
 | NH Supreme Court Justice on the Death Penalty
by The Hon. Joseph P. Nadeau, Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire
June 25th, 2010
It has been my good fortune to serve as a judge in New Hampshire for thirty-seven years. For thirteen of those years I was presiding justice of the Durham District Court. I served as a justice of the Superior Court for eighteen years, nine of which I spent as chief justice. And I sat on the Supreme Court for six years before retiring in December of 2005. I am proud of our judicial system and the effort of judges in all our courts to treat people fairly and equally, and to protect their individual rights. |
| San Bernardino Jury Rejects Death Sentence
by Stefanie
June 14th, 2010
Some good news on the sentencing front in California. Juries in San Bernardino County, known for its high number of death verdicts, have started to turn away from the death penalty. |
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