Should Troy Davis be Executed?

Troy Davis is yet another example of a death penalty conviction obtained with circumstantial evidence. The death penalty should never be allowed to be sought or applied in a trial where the conviction is based on circumstantial evidence. While errors occur when a verdict is based upon circumstantial evidence, errors are compounded because jurors are [...]

Videotaping Death by Execution

For probably only the second time in history, the death by execution of a convicted prison inmate was videotaped. But don’t bother to look for the execution videotape on YouTube because the videotape was sealed by the court. Convicted murderer Andrew Grant DeYoung was videotaped for future court arguments to show that the execution is [...]

New Death Penalty Rules Could Make It Fair

Since the cost of housing and appeals to execute a prisoner can exceed the cost of housing a prisoner for life, retribution is really the only viable reason for keeping the death penalty.  I am definitely in favor of retribution and believe that family members should be entitled to exact their measure of revenge.  However, [...]