After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions

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After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions
by Ralph Blumenthal


HUNTSVILLE, Tex. - Here in the nation’s leading death-penalty state, and some of the 35 others with capital punishment, execution dockets are quickly filling up.


Less than three weeks after a United States Supreme Court ruling ended a seven-month moratorium on lethal injections, at least 14 execution dates have been set in six states between May 6 and October.

“The Supreme Court essentially blessed their way of doing things,” said Douglas A. Berman, a professor of law and a sentencing expert at Ohio State University. “So in some sense, they’re back from vacation and ready to go to work.”

Experts say the resumption of executions is likely to throw a strong new spotlight on the divisive national - and international - issue of capital punishment.

“When people confront a new wave of executions, they’ll be questioning not only how people are executed but whether people should be executed,” said James R. Acker, a historian of the death penalty and a criminal justice professor at the State University at Albany.

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/03/8693/

[midnight]

1. Christians and pro-lifers should end the death penalty.

[crimsonblue]

2. You musta not read the bible..

the parts where Jesus beheads his enemies, invades foreign lands, and destroys the rights of those he disagrees with.

[Cerridwen]

3. Kick. n/t