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"Shurtleff's plan to cut appeals draws judicial criticism," is Linda Thompson's report in today's Deseret News.Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said Monday that Utah's court system is so flawed because of seemingly endless appeals from convicts that "there is no death penalty" here. What that means is no closure for crime victims, he said. His office is promoting a constitutional amendment that would streamline and put limits on the post-conviction appeals process, which is publicized most often in cases involving death row inmates. The amendment would give the state Legislature the sole authority to decide which cases could be appealed, except when an individual could present "clear and convincing" evidence that he or she was innocent...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).