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The Death Penalty -- It's Unworkable

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an OpEd in today's Los Angeles Times written by Michael Traynor.  He's president emeritus of the American Law Institute.  It's subtitled, "The American Law Institute, instrumental in structuring the model statutes on which most death sentences are based, has withdrawn its support of such laws."Nearly 50 years ago, as concern grew in the country about the fairness of death penalty laws, the American Law Institute published a "model statute" aimed at helping state lawmakers draft laws to ensure that death sentences were meted out fairly and consistently. Last fall, the institute withdrew its support for the model death penalty law. The decision was a striking repudiation from the very organization that provided the blueprint for death penalty laws in this country...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 04, 2010 (boomark / email).