Publications & Testimony

HISTORIC ILLINOIS HEARINGS ADDRESS INNOCENCE AND THE DEATH…

Jones v. U.S., 97 – 9361, The Court, review­ing the sen­tenc­ing pro­vi­sions of the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 for the first time, held that jurors in death penal­ty cas­es do not have to be told about the con­se­quences of their fail­ing to agree on whether life or death is the appro­pri­ate sen­tence. The sen­tenc­ing pro­vi­sions of the Federal Death Penalty Act allow for three sen­tenc­ing options: death, life with­out parole and a less­er sen­tence. The Court’s instruc­tions to the jury in…

Pictures of Allen Davis, the last per­son to be exe­cut­ed by the elec­tric chair in Florida, July 8,…

By SYDNEY P.

By SYDNEY P.

By SYDNEY P.

By SYDNEY P.

By SYDNEY P.

In his wal­let, Juan Florencio Ramos car­ries a pre-prison pho­to­graph of him­self. Because of a five-year ordeal too painful to for­get, Ramos now says: ​“That per­son is not me.” [Times pho­to: Pam…

By SYDNEY P.