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Tex. Pressed on DNA Exonerations In the state with the nation's busiest death row and an increasing number of post-conviction DNA exonerations, legislators are urging the governor to investigate the causes of mistaken convictions.
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In N.Y., Lawmakers Vote Not to Reinstate Capital Punishment: Accidental Execution of the Innocent Cited (Post, April 13, 2005)
N.Y. Assembly Debating Fate of State Death Penalty (Post, Feb. 12, 2005)
Less Support for Death Sentence Cited for Decline in Executions (Post, Dec. 15, 2004)
Md. Attorney General Calls for End of Death Penalty (Post, Jan. 30, 2003; 5:17 PM)
Justices Spurn Case On Juvenile Executions: Action Suggests Five Back Current Law (Post, Jan. 28, 2003)
Steele Seeks New Study of Death Penalty Cases: Finding of Bias Against Blacks in Prosecutions Concerns Lieutenant Governor (Post, Jan. 26, 2003)
Illinois Clemency Brings Rage to a Remembrance: Victim's Boyfriend Calls Reprieve 'Criminal' (Post, Jan. 14, 2003)
Effects of Death Penalty Ruling Debated: Illinois Decision Is Seen by Some as Precedent, by Others as Mistake (Post, Jan. 13, 2003)
Illinois Death Row Emptied: Citing 'Demon of Error,' Ryan Commutes Sentences (Post, Jan. 12, 2003)
Ill. Governor Praised, Vilified: Blasting System, Ryan Pardons 4 on Death Row, Plans More (Post, Jan. 11, 2003)
Appeals Court Upholds Death Penalty: Guarantee of Due Process Not Violated by Capital Punishment, Judges Say (Post, Dec. 11, 2002)
High Court to Hear Md. Death Row Appeal (Post, Nov. 19, 2002)
Supreme Court Blocks Execution of Texas Man: Case Raises Questions About Issuing Death Sentence for Mentally Ill Defendants (Post, Nov. 7, 2002)
Arguing 60(b): a Rule of Life or Death? (Post, Nov. 7, 2002)
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