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Apr 22, 2005

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 no…

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Feb 11, 2005

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, acc…

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Jan 17, 2005

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 t…

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Dec 28, 2004

Published on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 by the Miami Herald by Bianca Jagger Over the week­end, William ​”Tommy” Zeigler, a life­long Christian who joined t…

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Dec 09, 2004

Chicago Tribune By Steve Mills and Maurice Possley Chicago Tribune staff reporters ht…