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Public Defender Can't Afford Death Penalty Cases, Defense Fund Down To $100

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 07.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Death Penalty Cases, Death Penalty Costs, Cook County Public Defender, Abishi Cunningham, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Cook County public defender's office says it can no longer afford to handle dozens of capital cases and is asking judges to either...

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

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.29.2008 | Chicago

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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