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No Fatal Mistakes

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That's the title of an OpEd from Friday's Baltimore Sun by the distinguished Maryland public servant Joseph Tydings.  LINKAs a lawyer and former U.S. attorney, I have both prosecuted and defended death penalty cases. As a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and as a U.S. senator, I have studied and dealt with this issue for more than 40 years. While I have never been philosophically opposed to the death penalty, and have supported it in special cases, I now have deep concerns about the failures in our criminal justice system in capital cases. The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment - which is holding public hearings in Annapolis and must submit a final report in December - can play a vital role in educating the public and the General Assembly that our present failure to provide competent lawyers for the accused who can't afford one will likely lead to the execution of innocent defendants...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 25, 2008 (boomark / email).