Pursuing death penalty may be difficult
If history is any judge, the Army will find it difficult to impose the death penalty on the accused killer in the bloodiest mass shooting on a U.S. military base in history.... More »
Houston Chronicle - Nov. 9, 2009
The Military Death Penalty: The President Must Approve
It seems clear that, barring unforeseen factors, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings, will be tried in the military court system. He is a... More »
Time - Nov. 10, 2009
Russia to decide on death penalty moratorium
Valery Pankrashin BBC Russian, St Petersburg The court is deciding whether to maintain a ban on the death penalty Russia's constitutional court has begun hearings into... More »
BBC - Nov. 10, 2009
Race law lacks traction
Judges have been turning deaf ears to defendants' requests to delay murder cases to examine whether they face the death penalty because of their skin color. Four months ago,... More »
Raleigh News & Observer - Nov. 10, 2009
Death penalty cases in Kansas take time
... to wait 10 years to see the death sentence carried out for his daughters killer. Now, 13 years later, Williams said he may have to wait another decade before Gary Kleypas... More »
KansasCity.com - Nov. 9, 2009
Should the Death Penalty Still Be Used Today?
The death penalty is a topic worth discussing because it deals with life or death. Should the government be able to control whether or not a person can live? The death... More »
Associated Content - Nov. 10, 2009