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Should those on death row have personalized Web pages?

By Douglas A. Berman

This Los Angeles Times article, headlined "Reaching out from death row," covers the interesing issue of the correspondence and web presence of prisoners on Califorinia's death row.  Here are snippets:Prisoners are barred from direct computer access that officials say could allow them to threaten witnesses or orchestrate crimes.  Thanks to supporters and commercial services, however, many of the state's 673 condemned inmates now have pen-pal postings and personalized Web pages with their writings, artwork and photos of themselves -- often accompanied by declarations of innocence and pleas for friendship and funds. Although some inmates utilize sites in the U.S., the nonprofit Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty has created Web pages or pen-pal ads for more than 100 California death row inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 15, 2008 (boomark / email).