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May 09, 2005
NEW RESOURCE: Index of Death Penalty Articles for 2004
In the course of its research, DPIC collects relevant death penalty articles that have appeared in print and on media Web sites. Our collection certainly does not contain all such articles, nor do we claim that it represents the “best” articles. It is only a representative sample of the extensive coverage given to capital punishment in print in a particular year. For those interested in examining this coverage, we have prepared an index of the articles from 2004 in PDF format. For more…
Read MoreMay 03, 2005
Gell files suit over prosecution
The former death row inmate contends the state violated his civil rights by withholding evidenceJoseph Neff, Staff…
Read MoreApr 22, 2005
Los Angeles Times Calls for Moratorium on California Death Penalty
A recent Los Angeles Times editorial called on California lawmakers to impose a moratorium on executions until a state commission charged with examining the fairness and accuracy of California’s death penalty laws can finish its work. The paper noted that a similar review led by New York state lawmakers resulted in findings that effectively ended capital punishment in that state for this year. The editorial stated:Many Californians, lawmakers as well as voters, share those concerns (as…
Read MoreFeb 11, 2005
Death Penalty Seems Unlikely to Be Revived
By PATRICK D. HEALYALBANY, Feb. 10 — A solid majority of Democrats in the State Assembly now oppose resurrecting the death penalty, including key leaders who voted for the law in 1995, making it more likely that it will not be revived, according to lawmakers on both sides.After two months of hearings into the issue, the chairman of the Assembly Codes Committee, Joseph R. Lentol, said on Thursday that he now supported life without parole instead of restoring the death penalty, for which he…
Read MoreJan 17, 2005
Los Angeles Times Urges Clemency for Beardslee While Challenging the Arbitrariness of the System
Just days before the scheduled execution of Donald Beardslee in California, the Los Angeles Times has called for his clemency while questioning the even-handedness of the whole system. The editorial concludes that the death penalty is a “lie” to the people of California: Donald Beardslee was 38 years old in 1981 when he shot one woman and strangled and slashed another in San Mateo County, retaliation for a soured drug deal. He is now 61. So many years have passed since a jury sentenced him to…
Read MoreDec 28, 2004
Grant Zeigler an Opportunity to Prove his Innocence
Published on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 by the Miami Herald by Bianca…
Read MoreDec 09, 2004
Texas Man Executed on Disproved Forensics
Chicago…
Read MoreOct 26, 2004
Teen’s sentence could be fate worse than death
Chicago…
Read MoreOct 21, 2004
DPIC SUMMARY: Chicago Tribune Series, “Forensics Under the Microscope”
A CHICAGO TRIBUNE INVESTIGATIVE SERIESChicago Tribune veteran project reporters Flynn McRoberts, Steve Mills and Maurice Possley, together with researcher Judith Marriott, scrutinized criminal cases including “scientific” or forensic evidence, conducting hundreds of interviews across the country and examining thousands of court documents. From October 17, 2004 to October 21, 2004 the Tribune published a five-part investigative series which details the use of forensic evidence…
Read MoreOct 20, 2004
Cruel and unusual
Daily Targum (Rutgers…
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