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Finality over fairness

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Over at the ACS Blog former FBI Director and federal judge William Sessions, a member of the Constitution Project’s Death Penalty Initiative notes: The release of 130 individuals from death row has made clear that the administration of the death penalty is not infallible. When there are important questions about whether someone facing execution is actually guilty, those questions must be examined and resolved before the ultimate punishment is meted out. On Monday, October 6, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely announce its answer to such a question, and its decision literally means life or death for Troy Anthony Davis. Mr. Davis has been on death row in Georgia for more than 17 years for the murder of a police officer, and related violent crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on October 05, 2008 (boomark / email).