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Death Penalty: U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Changes His Mind.
by Rhonda J Mangus | May 6, 2008 at 07:40 pm | 461 views | 8 comments
United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens changes his mind on support of the death penalty, and according to the National Coalition Against the Death Penalty "These things about the death penalty were true before the moratorium began. They are just as true now that the moratorium has ended."
The Court did not argue that the death penalty is a meritorious public policy. The Court did not declare that capital punishment is free of blunders, biases and bureaucracies – blunders because of the number of innocent people sentenced to death; biases because of the class and racial inequities that plague the system; and bureaucracies because of the cumbersome and time-consuming nature of death penalty appeals.
Now William Lynd, an alleged convicted murderer, is the first prisoner in line for execution today http://www.nowpublic.com/world/u-s-set-first-execution-end-moratorium
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May 6, 2008 at 07:40 pm by Rhonda J Mangus, 461 views, 8 comments
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at 19:45 on May 6th, 2008
Rhonda J Mangus, I like this story. Great sister article to the execution story.
at 19:47 on May 6th, 2008
Amy - thank you!
at 19:51 on May 6th, 2008
Thanks for the timely post. Your intro just about sums it up I think. For more information, check out a related post from Politisite here.
at 19:55 on May 6th, 2008
Thanks Rob for the GS and your comments! I will certainly check out Politisite's post! Thanks again!
at 00:12 on May 7th, 2008
STATE OF GEORGIA EXECUTES CONVICTED MURDERER WILLIAM EARL LYND, BREAKING NATIONWIDE SEVEN-MONTH MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 12:01 am
at 07:32 on May 7th, 2008
Politisite, thank you for your comment. NP author AmyJudd reported that William Lynd was pronounced dead at 7:51 pm last evening.
at 13:00 on May 7th, 2008
Rhonda J Mangus, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 16:46 on May 7th, 2008
jwbanks, thank you for the flag!