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29 May 2007, 12:58 am
"Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, said doctors are now more vocal on the subject because of an increased focus on the mechanics of lethal injection. [read post]
28 May 2007, 4:27 am
May 27, 2007West VirginiaDeath penalty debateFederal case won't revive question on capital punishmentBy Lawrence Messina, Times West VirginianCHARLESTON - Even if a federal jury delivers the first death sentences inWest Virginia in more than 40 years, the debate over reviving capitalpunishment for state crimes is not expected to change much.Such has been the case in five other states without a death penalty, afterfederal prosecutors sent inmates to death row in each, noted … [read post]
24 May 2007, 7:46 am
Submitted by ielwood on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 23:41 New College NewsBy Jessica Ablamsky"It's a strange thing to be present and watch someone who is perfectly healthy die," said Jim Willet, former warden of the Huntsville Unit, the prison where Texas' death row population goes to die. [read post]
24 May 2007, 7:44 am
"He's certainly the epitome of a volunteer," said Leo Jennings, a spokesman for Attorney General Marc Dann.After the problems with the Clark execution, Ohio announced in June 2006 it would change its lethal injection process to try to prevent such problems in the future.At the time, prisons director Terry Collins said execution teams would make every effort to find two injection sites and will use a new method to make sure the veins stay open once entryways are inserted.Newton's… [read post]
13 May 2007, 6:37 am
"So Justice Kennedy is even more of an important swing vote than he was before," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes capital punishment.In two of the cases, Kennedy sided with conservatives; in three he voted with the liberals. [read post]
13 May 2007, 3:04 am
"I think in a word it's the issue of innocence that has brought about these editorials," Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told IPS. [read post]
13 May 2007, 12:42 am
"By a certain reasoning, people with certain mental illnesses can be heldresponsible, but they aren't the worst of the worst because of the illnessthat they have," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the DeathPenalty Information Center, a nonprofit anti-death penalty group based inWashington.Mental health advocates agree, saying the bill extends the protectionalready available to those who are mentally retarded to those with severemental illness. [read post]
10 May 2007, 5:21 pm
"That would be historic," said Richard Dieter, director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 5:49 pm
You’re now before Kevin Castel instead of Richard Owen. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 9:36 pm
The Enquirer quotes Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center saying: "It makes blind justice look like part of the political system. [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 6:13 am
"That is very stark," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit group that has been critical of capital punishment. [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 6:05 am
"That is very stark," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit group that has been critical of capital punishment. [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 5:48 am
"That is very stark," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the DeathPenalty Information Center in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit group that hasbeen critical of capital punishment. [read post]
11 Apr 2007, 10:58 am
Louisiana inmate Patrick Kennedy is the only person on Death Row nationally for a non-fatal child molestation, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 12:55 am
"I don't think the country is about to get rid of the death penalty," said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 6:37 am
from the diaries of the tennessee dude... on february 1st as part of the 3rd world congress against the death penalty one of the regional round tables was entitled the new american abolitionists: an appeal to the unusual suspects ... and it featured amongst others richard dieter of the death penalty information center and amnesty international usa's own board chair rick halperin...and... [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 6:10 am
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"Lawmakers or courts have temporarily halted all executions in 11 states in the past year, most of them over concerns that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment, says Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center, which has criticized how the death penalty has been applied. [read post]
25 Jan 2007, 4:27 am
. 'This is now a new wrinkle,' said Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes capital punishment. [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 12:09 pm
While the volume of state death penalty cases has decreased in recent years, federal cases have multiplied, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
12 Jan 2007, 1:40 pm
"Publicity surrounding wrongful convictions is the driving force behind that decrease," says Richard Dieter, the center's executive director. [read post]
