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Posted on February 12, 2009
I will be traveling this morning. Posts will resume later today.

New Mexico House Approves Abolition Bill

Posted on February 12, 2009
"NM House votes to abolish the death penalty," is the AP report via the Santa Fe New Mexican. It's written by Deborah Baker.The New Mexico House of Representatives votes to abolish the death penalty and replace it with a sentence...

Texas is scheduled to carry out

Posted on February 12, 2009
Texas is scheduled to carry out its eighth execution of 2009, tonight in Huntsville. It would be the state's 431st execution since 1982.AP has this report on the scheduled execution of Johnny Ray Johnson, via the Houston Chronicle. Houston's KPFT-FM....

Texas Execution

Posted on February 12, 2009
Texas carried out its eighth execution of the year tonight in Huntsville. It was the state's 431st execution since 1982; the second this week."Texas, Alabama both execute murderer-rapists," is the AP report on the execution of Johnny Ray Johnson in...

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Virginia Expansion Legislation

Posted on February 11, 2009
"Va. House votes to expand death penalty," is the AP report in Virginia's Daily Press, written by Dena Potter.The nation's second-busiest death chamber could see even more action if bills that have passed the House of Delegates and Senate become...

In Washington State

Posted on February 11, 2009
"Senate Committee Hears Testimony Over Abolishing the Death Penalty," is Keith Vance's report in the Seattle Courant. In Olympia today the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony today on whether to abolish the death penalty. While committee chair Sen...

New Hampshire Legislators Eyeing Death Penalty

Posted on February 11, 2009
"Lawmakers push to repeal death penalty in NH," is the AP report in Foster's Daily Democrat. It's written by Travis Andersen.Two months after a man was sentenced to die for killing a police officer ? New Hampshire's first death sentence...

In Utah

Posted on February 11, 2009
"Death penalty appeal limitation measure advances," is Pamela Manson's report in the Salt Lake Tribune. A Senate committee on Tuesday narrowly approved a proposed constitutional amendment the streamline criminal appeals -- particularly in death penalty cases...

Abolition Bill Passes Montana Senate Committee

Posted on February 11, 2009
"Death penalty ban advances," is the AP report via the Great Falls Tribune, written by Matt Gouras.A plan to ban the death penalty in Montana is headed toward a floor vote in the state Senate.The Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed the...

Texas Execution

Posted on February 11, 2009
Texas carried out its seventh execution of 2009, last night in Huntsville. It was the state's 430th execution since 1982. The Huntsville Item has this report on the execution of Dale Scheanette. It was the 10th execution in the nation...

Controversy Over Scheduled Florida Execution

Posted on February 11, 2009
As Florida prepares to execute Wayne Tompkins in just over an hour, shortly after 6:00 pm (ET), the Innocence Project of Florida has called on the governor's office to stay the execution. IPF's news release is here.The Innocence Project of...

Texas Execution

Posted on February 10, 2009
Texas is scheduled to carry out its seventh execution of 2009, tonight in Huntsville. It would be the state's 430th execution since 1982. AP has this report on the scheduled execution of Dale Scheanette, via the International Herald Tribune. Houston's...

More From the States

Posted on February 10, 2009
There are more news reports from New Mexico and Montana.The University of New Mexico's Daily Lobo reports, "New Mexicans gather to support repealing death penalty." It's by Leah Valencia.About 150 people gathered on Monday to convince New Mexico legislators to...

Proposed Amendment Is Travesty of Justice

Posted on February 10, 2009
That's the title of an editorial in the Sunday edition of the Deseret News of Utah. LINKThere is no more solemn duty for a state than to carry out a death sentence. It should be conducted only after all appeals...

Kansas Looks at Capital Punishment Costs

Posted on February 10, 2009
"Spectre of death penalty hangs around budget," is Eric Swanson's report in the Dodge City Daily Globe.The state's budget woes could help convince Kansas lawmakers to take a serious look at eliminating the death penalty this year, the Kansas representative...

American-Statesman Praises Baird Actions in Cole Exoneration

Posted on February 10, 2009
"Travis County judge finds justice after all," is the title of the editorial in today's Austin paper.Justice was a long time coming for Timothy Cole, and it arrived too late to do him any good. But a court ruling that...

The Status of Fast Track Regulations

Posted on February 10, 2009
"DOJ reopens public comment on fast-track death penalty habeas procedures," is Marcia Coyle's web-only report for National Law Journal, today.After issuing a final rule in December on how states could opt into fast-track death penalty habeas procedures in federal courts,...

Doctor Quits Prison Job Over Execution

Posted on February 09, 2009
That's the title of a article in the February 16 edition of American Medical News, published by the American Medical Association. LINK It's written by Kevin O'Reilly.The last few years have seen a flurry of controversies about physician involvement in...

Clemency Recommendation in Ohio

Posted on February 09, 2009
The minutes of the Ohio Parole Board's hearing to consider Jeffrey Hill's case is here. "Ohio Parole Board: mercy for death row inmate," is Saturday's AP report.A death row inmate who killed his mother and whose execution is opposed by...

More Commentary from the States

Posted on February 09, 2009
There is additional news today from Colorado and Utah.The Sunday Denver Post carries the editorial, "Fiscally (and morally), death penalty is wrong."A new bill introduced in the state House of Representatives would abolish the death penalty in Colorado...

Can We Afford Death Penalty?

Posted on February 09, 2009
That's the headline of a news article in the Sunday edition of Florida's Sarasota Herald Express. It's written by Todd Ruger. LINK Florida's public defenders are pushing the Legislature to temporarily end the death penalty this year, but the focus...

Possible Sentencing Change in Georgia

Posted on February 09, 2009
"DAs may get death penalty alternative," is Bill Rankin's report in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Defense attorneys say it as a matter of fact. And some prosecutors don?t deny it. That is, district attorneys often mount costly death penalty prosecutions when they...

New Mexico Abolition Bill Moves to House Vote

Posted on February 09, 2009
"House committee votes for death penalty repeal," is Steve Terrell's report in Saturday's Santa Fe New Mexican.One member of the House Judiciary Committee ? which voted 8-to-5 Friday to recommend passage of a bill that would repeal the death penalty....

Tim Cole Posthumously Exonerated

Posted on February 09, 2009
At the second day of the hearing on Tim Cole's innocence, State District Judge Charlie Baird recognized Cole's wrongful conviction and innocence.In continuing coverage, Austin American-Statesman reporter Steven Kreytak had, "Judge clears name of late convict in rape," in the...

GOP Focuses on Deputy AG Nominee Ogden's Work at Wilmer

Posted on February 09, 2009
That's the title of a Legal Times report by David Ingram. LINKThe nomination of David Ogden to be deputy attorney general has given senators a chance to revisit some of most controversial Supreme Court decisions of the last two decades....

Commentary on Maryland Legislation

Posted on February 06, 2009
"To vote or not to vote?," is the title of Eric Hartley's latest column in Annapolis' The Capital. A quick lesson on how Annapolis works: I called state Sen. Brian Frosh the other day to gauge his thoughts on a...

Abolition Bill in Kansas Cites Cost

Posted on February 06, 2009
"Death penalty opponents introduce bill to abolish executions based on cost," is the report in today's Lawrence Journal-World & News. It's written by Scott Rothschild.Death penalty opponents in Kansas have criticized capital punishment, saying it is unfair and pointing to...

News Coverage of Tim Cole Exoneration Hearing

Posted on February 06, 2009
The hearing is continuing today in State District Judge Charlie Baird's court. Here's the coverage of yesterday's proceedings."Witness points to police slip-ups," is Steven Kreytak's report in the Austin American-Statesman.Cole died in prison in 1999, but last year DNA tests...

The Price of Justice: Time to Invest in Criminal Justice Reforms

Posted on February 05, 2009
That's the title of a fresh post at Huffington Post by Ginny Sloan of the Constitution Project and Jon Gould, Director of the Center for Justice, Law and Society at George Mason University. LINK An excerpt from this must-read:Although the...

Clemency Debated in Missouri

Posted on February 05, 2009
"Some say Missouri death row inmate should live," is the AP report via Google News. It's written by Cheryl Wittenauer.Many condemned prisoners claim to find God, but Dennis Skillicorn's supporters say his actions bear him out.His work with terminally ill...

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