American Bar Assn Wants National Freeze On Executions

American Bar Assn Wants National Freeze On Executions

The American Bar Assn., concluding a three-year study of capital punishment systems, found so many inequities and shortfalls that it is calling for a national freeze on executions.

In a report to be released today, the organization, which has more than 400,000 members, said that death penalty systems in Indiana, Georgia, Ohio, Alabama and Tennessee had so many problems that those states should immediately halt executions for further study.

They were among eight states examined by the association that provided the basis for its call to stop executions nationwide.

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