The 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty will be held February 24 - 26, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland. It offers the opportunity for abolitionists from around the world to come together.
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Friday, 05 February 2010
The execution of Martin Grossman has been scheduled by the state of Florida for 6:00 pm on February 16, 2010 for a crime committed when Mr. Grossman was 19 years old. The murder conviction occurred in 1985 and he has been on death row for almost twenty-five years. Questions about the quality of Mr. Grossman's legal representation have been raised along with mental health evidence that was never presented to a jury.
We are not so far removed from the urge to kill.
The Durham Herald Sun
Demario Atwater may feel this more keenly than most. Atwater, 23, is one of two men accused of robbing and shooting UNC Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson in March 2008.
Federal prosecutors are seeking the needle. This week, Atwater’s attorneys filed reams of motions in Winston-Salem, asking a judge to take the death penalty off the table on the grounds that it’s unconstitutional.
American Law Institute President Emeritus: The Death Penalty Is Unworkable
Thursday, 04 February 2010
(Column, LA Times, 2/4/10) -- The American Law Institute, instrumental in structuring the model statutes on which most death sentences are based, has withdrawn its support of such laws.
A Senate committee pushed out a bill that would abolish the death penalty in Kansas even as lawmakers held out little hope that the bill would survive the twists and turns of the legislative process.
On a 7-4 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday morning sent the bill on to the rest of the Senate.
