Death Penalty Moratorium

Two Volunteers for Execution, Two Governors Who Would Not Let Them Die

David Protess | Posted 01.28.2012

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David Protess

While abolitionists cheered the news that Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber had declared a moratorium on executions last week, the public reacted with surprise. Oregon has the death penalty?

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Welcome to Texas: The Death Penalty State

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas-Executions, Death Penalty Moratorium, Cameron Todd Willingham, John Bradley, Death Penalty Debate, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Death Penalty, Rick Perry, Politics News
Rachel Farris

As the case against Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in 2004, sinks like a rock, the truth has started to float to the top and the rats are streaming out from all sides, led by none other than Texas Governor Rick Perry.

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Cook County Prosecutor Continues to Investigate Students for Trying to Free an Innocent Man

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anthony McKinney, Medill Innocence Project, Cook County Prosecutor, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Death Penalty Moratorium, Journalism, Chicago News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Cook County prosecutors continue their relentless attempt to discredit the work of the students of the Medill Innocence Project in their efforts to exonerate Anthony McKinney.

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Time for a Moratorium to Rethink Executions

Jennifer Brunner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Brunner

When I served as a felony trial court judge in Columbus, Ohio, I learned firsthand that in rape and murder cases, no one is healed by the trial and punishment.

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Quinn: Keep Death Penalty Moratorium

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says the state's moratorium on capital punishment should continue even as DuPage County prosecutors seek the death pena...

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A(nother) Beautiful Child is Killed: What Should We Do With Her Murderers?

Harold Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capital Punishment, Nequiel Fowler, Death Penalty Moratorium, Crime, Death Penalty Debate, Nequiel Fowler Killed, Death Penalty, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty Costs, Illinois Death Penalty, Chicago Crime, Chicago Gangs, Death Penalty Reform, Chicago News
Harold Pollack

I've seen nothing to suggest that we accomplish much by brutalizing the small and troubled people who commit atrocities. Killing these four gang bangers who murdered Nequiel Fowler does nothing to honor or memorialize this beautiful child.

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