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Assessing the Justice of Capital Punishment Cases

By Steve Hall

That's the title of a post at the Washington Post's Short Stack's blog on books.  LINKIt's the severest penalty in the land: the death sentence. But often the rulings that put inmates on death row are riddled with questions. Did the defendant get adequate counsel? Was the witnesses' testimony reliable? Were the defendant's actions influenced by mental retardation or mental illness? In his book "The Last Lawyer: the Fight to Save Death Row Inmates," published by the University Press of Mississippi, John Temple takes a concentrated look at an idealistic lawyer named Ken Rose. For years, Rose has tackled the many concerns raised by implementation of the death penalty. Temple digs into one of the lawyer's toughest cases - - that of Bo Jones, a North Carolina farmhand - - to highlight a legal system in need of repair...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).