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After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions

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That's the title of Ralph Blumenthal's report in the Saturday New York Times.  It's datelined from Huntsville, Texas, home of TDCJ's Walls Unit and the state's execution chamber.  LINKHere in the nation?s leading death-penalty state, and some of the 35 others with capital punishment, execution dockets are quickly filling up. Less than three weeks after a United States Supreme Court ruling ended a seven-month moratorium on lethal injections, at least 14 execution dates have been set in six states between May 6 and October. ?The Supreme Court essentially blessed their way of doing things,? said Douglas A. Berman, a professor of law and a sentencing expert at Ohio State University. ?So in some sense, they?re back from vacation and ready to go to work...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 04, 2008 (boomark / email).