Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Capital Defense Weekly

Criminal Law

: Capital Defense Weekly

Giving thanks

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Not that long ago many commentators were realistically expecting 200+ executions a year by now, especially following the election of a President many had called the Texecutioner. This year’s total executions will be no more than 37 (and possibly just 36), the smallest number since 1994.  We’re thankful to all those who have made this possible: lawyers who gave up careers in big firms to work as indigent defenders, big firms who gave up lucrative clients to see that the promise of the right to counsel was more than just pretty words on paper, activists who stayed awake working late nights to create an enviroment where legislative and judicial victories were possible from jury deliberation rooms to the highest courts in the country.continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on November 27, 2008 (boomark / email).