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Head Strong: Evidence the Pa. death penalty is punishment existing in name

PENNSYLVANIA:Head Strong: Evidence the Pa. death penalty is punishment existing in nameonlyMaureen Faulkner called me in a panic.She'd just retrieved a voice mail from Philadelphia Assistant DistrictAttorney Hugh Burns, alerting her to a federal appellate decisionconcerning the man who a jury said murdered her husband.But her messaging system had garbled the important news. She was desperateto know whether I'd learned the outcome.How incredibly sad, I thought. Twenty-six years removed from DannyFaulkner's execution, and she still jumps when the telephone rings. Hersis the sort of apprehension a parent experiences when a child is out lateand the nighttime silence is pierced by a ringing phone. Given thevolatility of the case and the endless appeals, she's found no silencesince that early morning knock awakened her Dec...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on April 06, 2008 (boomark / email).