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Between life and death

May 12, 2008 Between life and death Too many accused of murder lack adequate counsel With the U.S. Supreme Court's approval of lethal injection as a means of capital punishment, many states see a green light to go ahead with executions. Georgia wasted no time, putting William E. Lynd to death Tuesday for a 1988 murder. And Florida Gov. Charlie Crist made a point of saying that he's ready to start signing death warrants again. But there's a bigger problem with the American death penalty, one that will probably never be the subject of a sweeping Supreme Court ruling -- even as it contributes to cases of obvious injustice across the nation. Every principle of fairness insists that no person should be on trial for his life without adequate, competent legal counsel...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).