As Maurice Chammah explains in Let the Lord Sort Them, people facing the death penalty have just one year after state review to file a federal habeas petition, which can be the difference between death or life in prison. Only in rare cases can someone file more than one petition. You ...
The problem with the death penalty is that it is a big waste of money. Yes, in some cases it can make people feel better, like they are getting revenge on the people that did the crime to their loved one or someone they know but that is really cruel. In the article, The Price of...
Florida: One step ahead of Alabama, state legislators announced last month that they are finally moving ahead with a measure that would require a unanimous jury verdict in death penalty cases. This leaves nearly 400 condemned prisoners — the second largest death row populati...
No way to right death penalty wrong"Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in some cases upon defendants who are actuall...
The wordwrongfulis attached to numerous types of injurious conduct. For example,wrongful deathis a type of lawsuit brought on behalf of a deceased person's beneficiaries that alleges that the death was attributable to the willful or negligent conduct of another. However, even in these special co...
The Wrongful Convictions Of The Death Penalty Well, in nearly 25 years since post-conviction DNA evidence has been used to demonstrate criminal innocence, even in cases that landed defendants on death row or in prison for life. Eyewitness misidentification, forensic science errors, false confessions...
After fourteen years as a death row lawyer in Florida, Michael Mello has seen enough. Dead Wrong is a candid and compelling account of his decision to withdraw from "the machinery of death" - the American capital punishment system. Telling stories of cases he worked on - including those of...
Kristof is haunted by another death penalty case.Cameron Todd Willinghamwas put to death by lethal injection in 2004.Two years later, evidence surfaced showing he was likely an innocent man. Nicholas Kristof: I wish that I had written about the case back then. I th...
Death Penalty And The Old Testament Essay Death Penalty according to God in the Old Testament Christian church has been divided for many controversial topics because of issues such as self-center or lack of a deep analysis of the scriptures. Death penalty is one of those controversial topics rel...
In death penalty cases, kits must be kept until a sentence is completed or there are no more suspects known to exist who are associated with the crime. Back to top UT | SALT LAKE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT | #09-0146885 Victim suspects neighbor drugged her Prosecutor: Rape kit should not ...