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Thursday, November 02, 2006
Another New Low
Today's New York Times carries a story about a Kentucky death penalty case that once again reaffirms what we all already know: the capital punishment system is broken beyond repair! For a taste:
“Apparently,” a federal judge wrote in 2001, “neither attorney Radolovich nor the prosecution knew of petitioner’s actual identity until his case had been affirme
d on appeal.”
It's pretty shocking! But what's even crazier is that the 5th circuit ruled that this representation did not merit an overturning of the inmate's death sentence or a new trial!
In Tennessee, we aren't doing much better. Half of all death sentences in Tennessee are overturned on appeal, and more then two-thirds of those then receive a sentence less than death on rehearing. Our system simply does not produce reliable outcomes. The fact that we let such a system go forward should be shocking to anyone concerned with justice.
Read the whole article here.
“Apparently,” a federal judge wrote in 2001, “neither attorney Radolovich nor the prosecution knew of petitioner’s actual identity until his case had been affirme
d on appeal.”It's pretty shocking! But what's even crazier is that the 5th circuit ruled that this representation did not merit an overturning of the inmate's death sentence or a new trial!
In Tennessee, we aren't doing much better. Half of all death sentences in Tennessee are overturned on appeal, and more then two-thirds of those then receive a sentence less than death on rehearing. Our system simply does not produce reliable outcomes. The fact that we let such a system go forward should be shocking to anyone concerned with justice.
Read the whole article here.
