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A wowser Tuesday

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

On Tuesday: Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen commuted Edward Jerome Harbison‘s death sentence to life without parole.  ?It?s obviously a heinous crime, but when I compare it to others I don?t think it rose to the level of a death penalty crime,? Bredesen told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview. ?So I knocked it down one notch to life without parole. And that?s enough said, I guess.? Both houses of the Illinois legislature approved repeal of the state’s death penalty: After more than a decade of debate over whether the state?s system of capital punishment could ever be fair, state lawmakers voted on Tuesday to end the death penalty in Illinois.  The move, which came only hours before a new group of lawmakers takes office in Springfield on Wednesday, leaves the future of capital punishment to the Democratic governor, Patrick J...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on January 11, 2011 (boomark / email).