Death Penalty Update
Headlines from Death Penalty Information Center:
Texas Prosecutors Ask for Delay in Executions Until Supreme Court Issues Lethal Injection Ruling
Closing of the Capital Defender Office Will Save the State Millions as New York's Death Penalty Ends
New Mexico Supreme Court Stops Death Penalty Trial Over Funding Issue
PUBLIC OPINION: Poll Reveals Marylanders Prefer Life Without Parole Over Death Penalty
Attorneys' Organization Files Judicial Conduct Complaint Against Texas Appeals Judge
NEW RESOURCES: ABA's Human Rights Journal Highlights Death Penalty Issues
CAUSES OF VIOLENCE: Experts Indicate Crime Can Rise When Funds are Diverted From Police to War and Terrorism
Experts Explain Why the Death Penalty Does Not Deter Murder
New York High Court Overturns Last Death Sentence Because Statute is Unconstitutional
NEW VOICES: Former Tennessee Attorney General and Federal Judge Cite Crisis in State's Death Penalty
Capital Defense Weekly reports on the following:
they seem to be getting desperate
New York Times runs pieces on Sunday
new scholarship
Adieu to a bunch of great lawyers
Moratorium: Texas
Florida weighs in on LI (lethal injection)
Dow on the last lethal injection execution
LI Update