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ummm, scheduling issues

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

My schedule is in meltdown mode of late. Others are covering stories that should have been covered here. Some of those stories from Monday include: The New York Times discusses why there are so many federal capital prosecutions in the NYC area and so few death verdicts: In the 20 years since the federal death penalty statute was revived, no federal juries have been more reluctant to sentence federal defendants to death than those in New York. According to records compiled by the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project, which coordinates the defense of capital punishment cases, federal prosecutors in New York State have asked juries to impose death sentences 19 times since 1988. In only one case did a jury rule for execution. [salute to FDPRC] Kansas Defenders have more...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 10, 2008 (boomark / email).