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I'm scared by the real life capital punishment system. As of this week, 139 individuals have been exonerated after being sentenced to die -- and some came terrifyingly close to execution.
Robert Amsterdam | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
Why, with so much going for him and his country, should the president of Brazil make such controversial choices in his friends? The logic of the relationship with Iran is perplexing.
AP | By HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 10.27.2009 | World
BEIJING -- Two people have been put to death for their roles in deadly protests last year in the Chinese-controlled region of Tibet, the first known e...
Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 10.26.2009 | World
The true test of a society's criminal justice system is how well it protects society's most vulnerable.
David A. Love | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics
Cameron Todd Willingham is now a free man, but unfortunately it took death to release him from the confines of his prison bars.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Carl Sagan famously said that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The claim that killing prisoners acts as a deterrent or keeps police safe is indeed extraordinary.
AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — A Chicago jury decided Tuesday that a former handyman will spend the rest of his life in prison, rather than be sent to death row, for...
AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
BEIJING — A court in China's far western Xinjiang region sentenced six men to death Monday for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic r...
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
It is so easy to view the death penalty as nothing more than a means to an end that we sometimes overlook the fact that it shouldn't be an unpleasant experience for the person involved.
Rob Fishman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media
It's clear that Cameron Todd Willingham was (mis)tried by a kangaroo court, but will justice be better served by the media zoo that's ensued?
Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
Despite our personal desire for vengeance and punishment, it should not be the function or policy of the government to impose the death penalty.
Rachel Farris | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
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.
AP | JEFF CARLTON | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics
DALLAS — A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man's execution won't be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Go...
Daily Herald | Barbara Vitello | Posted 09.30.2009 | Chicago
The jury that convicted James Degorski on seven counts of first degree murder unanimously ruled Wednesday that the former Hoffman Estates man is eligi...
Dave Maass | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
New Mexico repealed the death penalty during the 2009 Legislative session, but since the lawmaking body is prohibited from enacting retroactive laws the two men currently on death row are still eligible for execution.
Jennifer Brunner | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
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.
David C. Fathi | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
The shocking truth is that even if the court concludes that Troy Anthony Davis -- who has been on Georgia's death row for 18 years -- is innocent, that may not be enough to save him from the death chamber.
Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
Attention has re-focused on the case of one of the four innocent and executed, Cameron Todd Willingham. His story was recently highlighted in a chilling and compelling New Yorker article.
Anthony Papa | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York
If Cy Vance adopts a balanced approach to justice that incorporates compassion, he will go a long way. As for Judge Snyder, I bid her farewell and I wish her ride on a slow boat to China is a good one.
AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 09.17.2009 | Home
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The lawyer for an inmate whose execution was halted after an unprecedented two hours said trying to put him to death again in a...
Rachel Farris | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
Since when do conservatives care about anyone dying? The most disturbing example is Cameron Todd Willingham, was sentenced to death after refusing a plea-bargain for life in prison in Texas.
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 09.12.2009 | World
Muradi, a prominent and vocal member of the UK's Council of Ex-Muslims, renounced Islam as part of his fight against Islamists -- and as part of his effort to combat "the taboo that comes with such a renunciation."
Posted 09.11.2009 | Impact
Though Japan has a national policy against allowing visitors access to death row inmates, Amnesty International's latest report, "Hanging By A Thread,...
John Maki | Posted 09.10.2009 | Chicago
Even when there is compelling evidence of actual innocence, it can be almost impossible to shake a mistaken but firmly held belief in a convicted person's guilt.
Lynne Glasner | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics
As Morgenthau steps down as DA, one of the three primary contestants stands out. Richard Aborn has a track record of working for reform.
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Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics