Entries tagged with “Supreme Court Justices

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Apr 29, 2014

NEW VOICES: Another Oregon Chief Justice Questions the Death Penalty

Three for­mer Chief Justices of the Oregon Supreme Court have recent­ly called for an end to the death penal­ty in their state. Retired Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson, Jr. (l.), was the most recent Justice to call f…

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Jun 23, 2010

NEW VOICES: Former New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Calls for Abolition

Joseph P. Nadeau, who served on New Hampshire’s Supreme Court for six years and as a judge for 37 years, recent­ly tes­ti­fied before the state’s death penal­ty com­mis­sion about his oppo­si­tion to the prac­tice. In an o…

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Jan 28, 2013

NEW VOICES: Ohio Supreme Court Justice Calls Death Penalty Unconstitutional

Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O’Neill recent­ly vot­ed to strike down the death penal­ty, when he dis­sent­ed in an order set­ting an exe­cu­tion date for Jeffrey Wogenstahl. Justice O’Neill wrote, I would hold that cap­i­tal punishme…