The 2015 American Values Survey by the Public Religion Research Institute has been released regarding capital punishment.
The researchers asked 2,695 Americans what they thought about the death penalty. (Click the above link to read the entire study.)
Here’s a great infographic from Death Penalty Information Center that summarizes the findings.
Death Penalty in Nevada
Few issues raise the passion of people as much as a discussion of capital punishment. The pro-death penalty crowd starts its argument from a moral base, often quoting the Bible as their source.
The anti-death penalty crowd has always attempted to counter the arguments with – wait for it – quotes
This week, a state supreme court held that the death penalty is unconstitutional — and banned all executions in the State of Connecticut. However, the holding is fact-specific to the situation in Connecticut. Three years ago, the state abolished capital punishment — but there were men sitting on Death Row already.
Connecticut Death Row Inmates
With all the fires being flamed over capital punishment in the United States and lots of discussion about ending the death penalty, it’s interesting to note that in many parts of the U.S.A., the death penalty remains viable and there are those who are working hard for executions by the state in their part of
This week, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought by Florida Death Row inmate Timothy L. Hurst that brings another challenge to the constitutionality of the Florida statute allowing for capital punishment and how a jury works in assessing the death penalty.
Read the Supreme Court Order here. The sole question
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Note: This infographic comes from Daily Kos using data they found at the Death Penalty Information Center web site.
Regardless of the protections intended by Atkins v. Virginia, executions continue to proceed in this country of Death Row inmates with significant mental challenges. It’s something that Terry Lenamon is dedicated to fighting as part of his work in defending individuals facing capital punishment in the death penalty phases of their criminal trials.
The Death Penalty Information Center has published its year-end report regarding the Death Penalty in the United States. Florida (and Texas) figure prominently in the study.
Read the full text here, and the New York Times coverage of the DPIC report here.
Last month, the Department of Justice released a report from the Inspector General’s Office about the work of the FBI in death penalty cases. It’s shocking.
READ THE REPORT ONLINE HERE, "An Assessment of the 1996 Department of Justice Task Force Review of the FBI Laboratory."
Specifically, the Inspector General compiled
Maybe you’ve read some of Carl Hiassen’s thrillers over the years – or maybe your kids have read some of Carl Hiassen’s children’s books (like Flush, Chomp, or Scat).
If you haven’t, then you just might like to check out (and have a great laugh or two) how Florida is portrayed