Tag: death penalty
AG Eric Holder: Moratorium On Death Penalty ‘Would Be Appropriate’
Speaking Tuesday evening to the National Press Club, Attorney General Eric Holder said he supports a moratorium on the death penalty until the Supreme...
Executing The Mentally Ill And The Innocent
Despite a 2002 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that intellectually disabled people are ineligible for the death penalty, Warren Hill? is scheduled to...
Lawyers For Suspected Boston Marathon Bomber In Talks For Plea Deal
Just hours after jury selection began in the Boston Marathon bombing trial, CNN reported that lawyers for suspected bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev have spent the...
Arizona Orders Review Following Execution That Took Almost Two Hours
Back in 1989, Joseph Wood brutally murdered his estranged girlfriend, Debra Dietz, and her father, Eugene Dietz. By nearly all accounts, their deaths were...
Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional In California
A U.S. District Court judge in California ruled Wednesday that the state's current death penalty system is unconstitutional. District Judge Cormac J. Carney delivered...
Independent Autopsy Of Oklahoma Death-Row Inmate Suggests IV Was Inserted Wrong
Back in 1999, Clayton Lockett beat and shot 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman before burying her alive. He was finally put to death this April, but...
Christian Radio Host: Death Penalty Makes It Easier To Get Criminals...
If you listen to right-wing Christian radio long enough, you expect to hear some pretty bizarre things. A textbook example came on today's edition...
What Two Counties In US Are Responsible For 85 Percent Of...
The best three minutes you will probably spend today learning about how two?counties - that is TWO PERCENT OF ALL COUNTIES IN THE U.S....
Glenn Ford: Why the Death Penalty Must Go
The story of Glenn Ford is just another example of why the Death Penalty should be abolished.
Glenn Ford, a black man,was the longest-serving death...
‘Last Meal Restaurant’ Gives Patrons A Taste Of The Death Penalty...
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Imagine sitting at a restaurant table and being handed a menu with only five options, all of them pretty simple fare. One...
Arizona Is Calling All Topless Lawyer Wannabes
Colorado is tougher on unlicensed hairdressers than Arizona is on unlicensed attorneys.
Colorado must be a very conscientious state. In Colorado, Suzette Hall was arrested...
The Liberal Conservative Examines The Bill Of Rights, Part VIII
We're in the home stretch here at The Liberal Conservative's look at the United States Bill of Rights. Welcome to Part 8! Just joining...
SCOTUS To Clarify Mental Disability In Death Penalty
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a death penalty case that will further define the standards of the punishment for mentally...
Death Penalty In Texas: 30 Milestones That Should Be Recognized Instead...
On June 26, the death penalty in Texas reached a milestone - the ?500th inmate was executed since reinstating capital punishment in 1982.?Kimberly McCarthy,...
How North Carolina’s Justice System Reflects America’s Racial Bias In The...
Although a majority of polled North Carolina citizens opposes the death penalty, Governor Pat McCrory (R) signed the repeal of his state's Racial Justice...
Governor Hickenlooper, Defying Colorado’s Death Enthusiasts, Blocks Execution
On May 13, I wrote a piece?attacking Rich Tosches of?The Denver Post?for openly fantasizing about the potential execution of Nathan Dunlap in a column?that...
Florida Republican: Speed Up Death Penalty Because “Keeping People Around” Is...
I've seen quite a bit of vulgar and sadistic language employed in support of the death penalty, but this gem, courtesy?of Florida State Representative...
