Washington Governor Inslee’s Remarks Announcing a Capital Punishment Moratorium
Feb. 11, 2014 Remarks as prepared Good morning. I'm here today to talk to you about an important criminal justice issue. Over the course of the past year, my staff and I have been carefully reviewing the status of capital punishment in Washington State. We've spoken...
Last Meals of the Executed, But (Inconveniently) Innocent
Amnesty International Puerto Rico has fronted a campaign for the exoneration of Death Row inmates by displaying food requested by the wrongfully accused before their deaths. Here were their last meals, photographed by James Reynolds. Ruben Cantu, executed for murder...
Federal Public Defenders? Dr. King Thinks They're Cool
We celebrate the life of Dr. King on Monday, so mentioning a milestone from 2013 seemed proper to me. We had this milestone when, in a dreary Bucks County hearing room, the prosecutor conceded that David Ramtahal should be resentenced to a sentence other than death....
Robert Carl Nordvall, Dedicated Abolitionist
Robert Carl Nordvall Robert Carl Nordvall, 73, formerly of Gettysburg, passed away January 2, 2014 in Pistoia, Italy. Born March 23,1940 in Oak Park, Illinois, he was the son of the late Stuart Nordvall and Carmella Craglione Nordvall. He received a Bachelor’s...
Podcast: Paul Dacier explains reasons for Boston Bar Association’s opposition to death penalty
By: David E. Frank January 7, 2014 The Boston Bar Association announced today that, for the first time in its 250-year history, the organization is taking a stand against the death penalty in federal cases. The announcement comes after a panel chaired by...
PA Death Sentence Nixed for 'Shocking' Error by Lorraine Bailey
Taken From Courthouse News: (CN) - Vacating the death sentence imposed against a convicted murderer, the Pennsylvania high court called it "shocking" that jurors were told that killing an unborn child is a capital offense. Harold Murray IV was convicted in 2006 of...