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Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Quick capital review
Main February 28, 2007Quick capital reviewWith so much going on these days, I am relying heavily on Capital Defense Weekly and StandDown Texas Project to keep up with the latest…
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Lots of lethal injection inspection news
Main February 25, 2007Lots of lethal injection inspection newsLots of news nationwide about on-going reviews of lethal injection protocols:In Florida, as detailed in articles here and here and here, the…
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Updates on the work of Florida’s LI commission
Main February 23, 2007Updates on the work of Florida's LI commissionThanks to How Appealing, I see that the St. Petersburg Times today contains two articles about the work of the…
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NYTpiece on lethal injection
Main February 7, 2007NYT piece on lethal injectionSundays sure comes early this time of year: thanks to How Appealing, I see you can now already get this article from the…
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Tennessee’s Gov halts executions over lethal injection concerns
Main February 1, 2007Tennessee's Gov halts executions over lethal injection concernsAs detailed in early press reports here and here, Tennessee "Gov. Phil Bredesen on Thursday postponed four pending executions, saying…
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With NC execution stays, “these go to 11”
Main January 26, 2007With NC execution stays, "these go to 11" Henry Weinstein has this Los Angeles Times article today providing more details on yesterday's state judge ruling to stay…
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Another execution stay in Texas?!?!
Main January 24, 2007Another execution stay in Texas?!?!As detailed by DP bloggers here and here, the two executions planned in Texas this week have now both been stayed. If scheduled…
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Do execution headaches impact where capital debates are headed?
Main January 16, 2007Do execution headaches impact where capital debates are headed?These are heady times for botched executions: as detailed here, the recent ugly hanging in Iraq continues to make…
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MSM figuring out death penalty is dying
Main January 14, 2007MSM figuring out death penalty is dyingThough I have been talking about the slow death of the death penalty for more than two years (see here and…
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First execution in 2007 on tap in Oklahoma
Main January 9, 2007First execution in 2007 on tap in OklahomaDespite a lot of nationwide hub-bub about lethal injection protocols about other death penalty uncertainties (details here), the first lethal…