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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: National District Attorneys Association

National District Attorneys Association stories: 2 news summaries

Texas Tallies 60% of Executions

Capital punishment in decline elsewhere

Dec 26, 07 4:47 AM CST
(Newser) - As the rest of the country backed away from applying the death penalty in 2007, Texas kept up its customary pace, making the state responsible for an astounding 60% of all executions in the US. Of last year's 42 executions, 26 were in Texas, the New York Times reports. In... More »

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death penalty • Texas • New Jersey • execution • moratorium • National District Attorneys Association • US Supreme Court • Charles A. Rosenthal Jr. • Harris County • Richard C. Dieter • Death Penalty Information Center • Jon S. Corzine • Judge Sharon Keller • Michael Richard

Bar Association Seeks to Halt Executions

Rampant inequities & sloppy cases demand moratorium, says group

Oct 29, 07 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a three-year study of the death penalty in eight states, the American Bar Association is calling for a nationwide moratorium on executions until prevalent problems in the system are rectified. Defense attorneys nationwide are under-qualified and underfunded, cases are plagued by sloppy evidence gathering, and race influences sentencing, the... More »

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death penalty • Florida • Arizona • Ohio • Georgia • Pennsylvania • Alabama • Tennessee • legal defense • American Bar Association • National District Attorneys Association

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