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6 Sep 2021, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”The Death Penalty Information Center reports that there have been seven such broad or blanket grants of clemency given to death row prisoners since 1976. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 8:44 am
Chapman is the seventh innocent death row prisoner in North Carolina to be released, according to the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:18 pm by carie
Legal claims may also arise when a foreign national is sentenced to death without being informed of their right to consular notification and access.Many foreign governments remain staunchly anti-death penalty and provide substantial assistance to their nationals facing the death penalty. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 8:14 am by Steve Hall
Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington. [read post]
17 Aug 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”Missouri and Florida also have laws on the books that make drug trafficking a capital offense.But, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, “No one has been executed for such a crime since the death penalty was re-instated in 1976. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 8:00 am by Steve Hall
But Williamson was one of 78 inmates exonerated from death row since 1973, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
25 Sep 2007, 10:56 am
Since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty as a constitutional matter, the overwhelming majority of executions have been carried out with lethal drugs -- 927 executions, compared to 154 by the electric chair, 11 by the gas chamber, three by hanging and two by firing squad -- according to data provided by the Death Penalty Information Center in its current summary.The two individuals involved in the new case were sentenced to… [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 9:07 am by Steve Hall
"Slowly, state by state, there is this erosion of support for the death penalty," Richard Dieter, the director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told AFP. [read post]
11 Apr 2010, 6:05 am by Jeff Gamso
Dieter, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said in an interview that Mr. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 1:31 pm
Richard Dieter, director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, said the method has never been attempted on humans but has been used to euthanize animals. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 8:22 am by Jeff Gamso
  Here's how the Death Penalty Information Center explains.In 9 separate opinions, and by a vote of 5 to 4, the Court held that Georgia's death penalty statute, which gave the jury complete sentencing discretion, could result in arbitrary sentencing. [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 6:56 am
Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, said it is "significant that they're looking at a major overhaul of the process. [read post]
18 May 2018, 1:44 pm by Paul Cates
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, since 1973, at least 162 people sentenced to death have been exonerated. [read post]
10 May 2010, 8:47 am by Steve Hall
Executions nationwide increased somewhat last year, but the number of new death sentences handed down fell to the lowest total since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 8:01 am by Steve Hall
Texas juries issued nine death sentences in 2009, the same as in 2008, the Death Penalty Information Center said in a new report, maintaining a decline seen over several years. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 12:49 am
We're a better state than one that puts people to death. [read post]
23 Jun 2008, 3:50 pm
"By the end of 2008, Texas will have the most executions of any state, as it has for many other years," predicted Richard Dieter, director of the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
13 Dec 2021, 8:01 am by Eugene Volokh
The court then turned to how the video statements were potentially relevant: First, during a conversation about the death penalty in Texas, Appellant makes a comment that could lead a rational factfinder to conclude that Appellant viewed his crime as a "petty" act: ROSS: They have the death penalty in Texas. [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 8:42 am by [email protected]
Texas has put to death nearly five times more people than any other state since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, the Death Penalty Information Center states. [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 8:42 am by [email protected]
Texas has put to death nearly five times more people than any other state since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, the Death Penalty Information Center states. [read post]