With all that's swirling about, it's difficult even to get to the Daily Must Read's, but here are some highlights.
Karl Keys notes New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's opposition to the death penalty and an article in today's New York Daily News. LINK One of the mayor's quotes:
“We can afford in this society to incarcerate people for the rest of their lives,” he said. “Sometimes innocent people get convicted. [Until] you could solve that problem with 100% degree of assuredness, I will remain opposed to the death penalty.”
Doug Berman has two posts examining life and death in the Sixth Circuit, here and here. "Calling out the Sixth Circuit for making a capital mess" begins:
A deeply divided Sixth Circuit has been making a mess of death penalty administration in recent years. As discussed here and here, lethal injection litigation developments have brought the issue to a new level of ugliness.
He also has, "Is it time to seriously consider alternatives to lethal injection?"
Ohio Death Penalty Information is also a treasure trove of coverage.
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