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21 Dec 2009, 11:36 am
Also, DPIC executive director Richard Dieter theorizes that in tough economic times, states are reluctant to take on the high costs of capital cases — the special sentencing hearings, the mandatory reviews and the nearly inevitable years of appeals. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 4:27 pm
The number for 2009 was 60 per cent less than in the 1990s, Richard Dieter, DPIC director said in a press release.New Mexico became the 15th state to abolish the death penalty, where Governor Bill Richardson observed that life in prison without parole was 'a strong punishment' and noted that the cost of maintaining the death penalty was 'a valid reason (for repeal) in this era of austerity and tight budgets.'In addition, the public is becoming increasingly… [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 10:47 am
“The annual number of death sentences in the U.S. has dropped for seven straight years and is 60% less than in the 1990s,” said Richard Dieter, the report’s author and DPIC’s executive director. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 8:31 am
Richard Dieter, executive director of the center, said Ohio is an anomaly because death sentences are down but executions remain high. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 8:10 am
Richard Dieter, DPIC's director and author of the report, said the fall reflected growing concern over the reliability of convictions. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 8:01 am
"The death penalty has been a hallmark of Texas criminal law," said Richard Deiter, the center's executive director. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 7:50 am
“This entire decade has been marked by a declining use of the death penalty,” said Richard Dieter, the executive director of the group.The sentencing drop was most striking in Texas, which averaged 34 death sentences a year in the 1990s and had 9 this year. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 7:04 am
"This entire decade has been marked by a declining use of the death penalty," said Richard Dieter, author of the report and DPIC's executive director. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 7:58 am
Because Ohio this month successfully executed an inmate using a one-drug method, courts may decide this presents a "feasible and workable" alternative, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 7:56 am
"Given the precedent of the district court, it is going to be an uphill battle [for the plaintiffs]," Dieter said.In April, Robinson granted summary judgment in favor of Delaware -- ruling that a new set of rules adopted by the state on how to carry out executions met constitutional standards. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 12:42 pm
Dieter added. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 10:24 am
" This quote is from Richard Dieter, Director of the Death Penalty Information Center: "One of the reasons states are moving away from it is it is a frustrating and costly process," Dieter said. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 8:18 am
States will likely watch Ohio's experience and the court challenges before making a decision, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 3:16 pm
States will likely watch Ohio's experience and the court challenges before making a decision, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 9:53 am
And: "The federal death penalty is not on hold in the sense of prosecutions," says Richard Dieter, who directs the nonpartisan Death Penalty Information Center. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 10:37 am
/*Ohio's execution of Kenneth Biros an experiment on involuntary human subject," is the title of Richard Dieter's commentary at Jurist. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 7:28 am
Rebecca Patchin, its board chairman, has said that being involved in capital punishment in any manner undermines a doctor's role as a healer.But some doctors feel it's ethically permissible to participate in executions because they are helping inmates avoid pain and ensuring a peaceful death, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center.While Kentucky and Illinois rules say doctors shall not participate in executions,… [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 6:11 am
 “If New York itself was to pursue the case, they wouldn’t and couldn’t use the death penalty,†said Richard Dieter, a death penalty critic at the Death Penalty Information Center said in an interview. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 12:23 pm
" "If New York itself was to pursue the case, they wouldnÂ't and couldnÂ't use the death penalty,Â" said Richard Dieter, a death penalty critic at the Death Penalty Information Center said to Politico. [read post]
16 Nov 2009, 8:33 pm
“They’re not standing pat and defending the status quo,” said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center of Washington, D.C. [read post]
