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We’ve written about the conditions over on California’s Death Row and how at least one inmate has made the news requesting the death penalty because life would be better for him on Death Row rather than serving life imprisonment at another California facility. (Read our posts about Billy Joe Johnson here.)
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So far, only one execution has occurred in 2012 in the United States: the January 6, 2012, execution of Gary Welch by a three-drug lethal injection (using phenobarbital) by the State of Oklahoma.
2012 US Execution Schedule
The Death Penalty Information Center updated its 2012 Execution Schedule on January 23, 2012, and it’s pretty amazing…
We’ve been monitoring the case of Alabama Death Row Inmate Cory Maples, who had very bad indigent defense counsel even though they were a swanky New York law firm with a prestigious reputation.
For details, read our earlier post on Mr. Maples and how his mother saved the day – and probably his life.
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The Pew Research Center has just released its latest study, and it’s making the media rounds today. Seems their study finds that a solid majority of Americans – sixty-two percent (62%) — are in favor of the death penalty.
Read the Pew report online here, entitled "Continued Support for the Death Penalty."…