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Steve Goble's It's Debatable: Nothing sensible about the death penalty

By STEVE GOBLENews Journal Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray thinks the appeals process for death penalty cases is far too lengthy.I can solve the problem in four words: Dump the death penalty.The long appellate process sometimes defeats the possibility of justice being served, Cordray said last week. Long waits make it difficult when, after a dozen years in the courts, a retrial involving a new prosecutor and new police officials is required, he said."If it does lead to a retrial, it's very difficult to feel that fair justice can be achieved on a redo because so much changes over time, particularly in presenting factual evidence to juries," he said.It is interesting Cordray mentioned things that change over time. One thing that often changes is the quality of forensic evidence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on April 05, 2009 (boomark / email).