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An Oregon Justice Suggests Revisiting the Death Penalty

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Oregon State Supreme Court Justice Martha Walters concurred in a recent ruling affirming a death sentence in the state, but also suggested a review of the constitutionality of capital punishment.  In her concurring opinion in State of Oregon v. Michael Andre Davis, Justice Walters stated:I concur in the court's decision to affirm defendant's conviction and, with respect to each assignment of error that the court discusses, I concur with its reasoning.  Although I also concur in the court's decision to affirm defendant's sentence of death, I must explain more fully.       Defendant raises many arguments as to the constitutionality of the death penalty that this court previously has rejected...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 06, 2009 (boomark / email).