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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today
ProCon.org announces its newest nonpartisan website,
deathpenalty.procon.org, to help Americans decide whether or not to abolish
the death penalty.
What Is It'
Deathpenalty.procon.org lists 25 important questions related to the
death penalty and presents answers to those questions from over 200 diverse
experts including sociologists,...
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kuro5hin.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
I didn't understand. Every time I got the subpoena before I submitted a written letter stating that I was paid by the hour and sole breadwinner of my household. I'd get a message on my answering machine about a week before my due date advising me that I was excused. This time, the message said "The judge needs to talk to everybody."
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The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Some states (like Texas) put non-murderers to death. This guy, who probably has an IQ of about 75 was sentenced to death in Texas for driving the getaway car. Being an accomplice to murder is not the same thing as...
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Law Blog (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
To wrap up the week, let’s stay down in the Lone Star state and get you up to speed on one of the odder death-penalty cases we’ve ever read about. It’s almost too nutty to be true: Lawyers for Charles Dean Hood (pictured), a convicted murderer set to die Wednesday, want retired state District Judge Verla Sue Holland and former Collin County District Attorney Tom O’Connell to be deposed about claims...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Former prison inmates who faced death sentences but were later proven innocent argued today against the death penalty in Maryland.
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How Appealing (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
"Again, no action on death penalty ruling": Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog." And at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," Tony Mauro has a post titled "Supreme Court Denies SG Request for Face Time." You can access...
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SCOTUSblog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The Supreme Court issued its third and final round of summer recess orders on Friday, but the Justices announced no action on the plea to reconsider its ruling in Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343), striking down the death penalty for the crime of child rape. The state of Louisiana on July 11 asked the Court to reopen the [...]
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Return of the Conservatives (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
I was afraid the jury would make this horrible mistake. China Arnold should be executed, made to suffer as much as her child did if not more for her actions. Dayton Daily News WHIO-AM/FM
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Sept. 3 - A jury that couldn't reach a unanimous decision spared a woman, convicted of murdering her infant daughter by microwaving her, the death penalty Wednesday.
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CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
But China Arnold may grow old and die in prison for the terrible crime.
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
A woman convicted of murdering her infant daughter by microwaving her was spared the death penalty Wednesday by a jury that couldn't reach a unanimous decision.
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
The jury told the judge Wednesday that it couldn't agree on whether to recommend the death penalty or life in prison for China Arnold, 28.
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Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
The title of this post comes from this AP account of a notable result in a high-profile capital case in my home state. Remember folks, before anyone proposes any crazy microwave-control legislation as a result of this case, microwaves do...
