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St. Patty’s week editon

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

From this week’s edition The Lede this edition comes from Illinois.  As most know, Illinois this week became the latest state to repeal its death penalty. DPIC notes “the governor also commuted the death sentences of the 15 people on the state’s death row to life without parole.  The ban on capital punishment comes after an eleven-year moratorium on executions declared by former Republican Gov. George Ryan.” Thanks to Steve Hall for making available links to the statement from Governor Pat Quinn on Senate Bill 3539 and an archived streaming video of the bill signing. In the Courts, two cases that nearly went below the radar are noted. The Seventh Circuit in United States v Styles Taylor and Keon Thomas, a case where a jury convicted of capital murder but returned life, ordered a new trial where the Government was held to have violated Batson v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 14, 2011 (boomark / email).