PBS Program to Highlight Deficiencies in Death Penalty Defense

PBS Broadcasting will explore the prob­lem of inad­e­quate rep­re­se­n­a­tion in death penal­ty cas­es in ​“Death Is Different” on September 7^th as part of the inves­tiga­tive pro­gram EXPOSÉ. The show focus­es on Stephen Henderson’s (pic­tured) exam­i­na­tion of the qual­i­ty of rep­re­sen­ta­tion in 80 death penal­ty cas­es in 4 states. Henderson, a McClatchy News reporter and author of an award-win­ning series enti­tled ​“No Defense: Shortcut to Death Row,” found that poor­ly-fund­ed defense lawyers are often fail­ing their clients, includ­ing those who suf­fered from life­times of men­tal defi­cien­cy and abuse.
(EXPOSÉ, PBS Broadcasting, September 5, 2007). View the pro­gram online. See also Representation.