Criminal
Nov. 22, 2005
Call Off Killing Season; Put Executions on Hold
Forum Column - By Natasha Minsker - Picture this: It's 1979, you're 21 and you've just been charged with capital murder. Worse, the team assigned to keep you from the execution chamber doesn't seem to know what it's doing. Your court-appointed attorney has never tried a death penalty case nor been trained to handle one. Your expert witness and the judge are winging it too.
By Natasha Minsker
Picture this: It's 1979, you're 21 and you've just been charged with capital murder. Worse, the team assigned to keep you from the execution chamber doesn't seem to know what it's doing. Your court-appointed attorney has never tried a death penalty case nor been trained to handle one. Y...
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