Case shows everything that's wrong with the death penalty
(NEWSER) - Judges around the country are decrying an upcoming California execution, because there’s ample reason to believe the condemned man was framed by police. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to hear the case of Kevin Cooper, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times explains, despite an extraordinary judicial opinion from four federal circuit court judges that reads like “a 21st-century version of Emile Zola’s famous ‘J’Accuse,’” laying out “countless anomalies” in the case. More»
