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16 Nov 2010, 9:10 am by Steve Hall
Capital punishment is not a high priority for voters and is not the ‘third rail’ of politics,” said Richard Dieter, Executive Director of Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 8:16 am by Steve Hall
Richard Dieter, director of the Death Penalty Information Centre in Washington, welcomed the prospect of next week's court hearing because he said it will be a chance to consider whether the right drugs are being used in executions. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 8:54 am by Steve Hall
Richard Dieter, director of the Death Penalty Information Centre in Washington, argued that ways of bolstering the regulation should be examined. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 9:47 am by Steve Hall
Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Centre in Washington said that the British government should act to prevent the "outsourcing" of the death penalty after Arizona's attorney general said his state obtained the batch of sodium thiopental from a British manufacturer because of a shortage in the US. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 1:32 pm by Steve Hall
Starting Oct. 18, the same jurors will begin hearing evidence of whether he should be executed and will decide his punishment by weighing mitigating and aggravating factors.The argument over costs would be cited as a potential mitigating factor.Studies show death penalty cases cost an average of $3 million, including lawyers' fees, appeal costs and incarceration, compared with about $1 million for life prison sentences, according to Richard Dieter, executive director of the… [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 9:35 am by Steve Hall
Richard Dieter, Executive Director of Death Penalty Information Center, will moderate this unique, frank discussion. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 1:34 pm by Steve Hall
"It could be for any number of reasons, and because the numbers are so small, it's really difficult to make generalizations or point out a trend," said Richard Dieter, director of the Washington, D.C. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 9:42 am by Kent Scheidegger
  The usual "members only" rule is waived, and this video is accessible by everyone.The panelists are yours truly, Richard Dieter of the "nonpartisan" [ahem] Death Penalty Information Center, and Moe Maestas, a New Mexico legislator involved in the repeal effort there. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 8:20 am by Steve Hall
"The issue in this case," said Richard Dieter, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center, "is not that Teresa Lewis is a woman and should be treated differently. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 1:44 pm by Steve Hall
A vote of 11-1 for death in those states means a mandatory life sentence, whether the judge agrees or not.In Florida, however, an 11-1 vote for death would be a strong show of support for a death sentence and judges would normally be inclined to rule that way, experts say.But under the state's "hybrid" system they are not required to, and are free to ignore the jury's penalty decision.The system has been "an area of controversy," said Richard… [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 8:16 am by Steve Hall
Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 8:36 am by Steve Hall
"Before the next 10 to 15 executions occur in Ohio, they ought to be sure that all the protective mechanisms are in place," said Richard Dieter, who heads the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington.Attorney General Richard Cordray, on the other hand, said he hasn't seen anything to justify a moratorium of executions in Ohio. [read post]
31 Jul 2010, 6:13 pm by carie
Of the more than 3,200 inmates on death row nationwide, 53 are women.Women usually don't commit torture murders, they aren't serial killers and often don't have a history of other violent crimes compared with men who get sentenced to death, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 11:35 am by Kent Scheidegger
Women usually don't commit torture murders, they aren't serial killers and often don't have a history of other violent crimes compared with men who get sentenced to death, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 8:53 am by Josh Wright
  Calorie labeling is a good thing; dieters should know more about the foods they are eating. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 5:35 pm by carie
"I think ordinarily the state's control ends with the execution," Dieter said. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 12:32 pm by Steve Hall
"Firing squad execution underscores inhumanity of death penalty," is the title of Richard Dieter's commentary at Jurist. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 7:56 am by Steve Hall
" asked Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 12:41 pm by Steve Hall
"Death is different," Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told the panel. [read post]