Tags Cruel and unusual punishment
Tag: cruel and unusual punishment
Judge Thelton Henderson to keynote 2009 Justice Summit: ‘Defending the Public...
The U.S. Constitution requires that an accused person who lacks the means to hire a lawyer is provided one. Yet budget cuts are forcing public defenders to turn away defendants who have no other legal recourse.
Gov. Paterson, grant clemency to Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim
I trust you will carefully consider using your gubernatorial powers to grant clemency to Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim in the New York case and parole to warrant in the San Francisco case.
Method of execution
I will continue the ardent struggle from the "inside out." As you fight to abolish the death penalty from the "outside in," may we intersect in success!