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ABA Florida DP Report, 2 Years Later

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

SL&P points us to this article by Ron Word of AP in Jacksonville, Florida, regarding the nonimpact of the ABA report on Florida's death penalty, issued two years ago. The first paragraph of the article refers to the report as produced by an "independent panel" but the second paragraph identifies it as an ABA product. Mr. Word is apparently unaware that in matters of criminal law the ABA is totally in the tank for the defense side. The story quotes the chairman of the panel as saying that politicians' fear of being labelled soft on crime is responsible for the recommendations not being enacted. "But some legislators counter that many of the recommendations are unconstitutional and accuse the panel of making them with an anti-death penalty bias...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on October 24, 2008 (boomark / email).