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Stephen Henderson on importance of background examination in capital cases:  Stephen Henderson has this opinion piece in the Detroit Free Press, entitled "Justice demands full life stories," in follow-up to the recent PBS Expose' feature "Death is Different" on his work documenting the overwheleming importance of proper presentation of defendants' background information in determining the sentencing outcome of capital trials.  Excerpt:The premise of the series was simple: I reviewed 80 capital cases in four prominent death penalty states to see how vigorously defense attorneys investigated their clients' backgrounds as part of the case. In 73 of those cases, the attorneys had dropped the ball in profound ways...continue to full post

Full post as published by Ohio Death Penalty Information on September 09, 2007 (boomark / email).