by Beth Karas | Nov 11, 2016 | News, Death Penalty |
Laws affecting the justice system were repealed or approved in three areas at Tuesday’s election. Here’s a brief summary of the developments: Death Penalty For the past two years, KOC has followed developments in the death penalty around the country. This...
by Beth Karas | Aug 5, 2016 | News, Death Penalty |
KOC continues to monitor developments in the death penalty across the U.S. Earlier this week, Delaware’s highest court struck down its death penalty based on a January 2016 U.S. Supreme Court case that invalidated Florida’s capital sentencing scheme. The...
by Beth Karas | May 27, 2016 | News, Death Penalty |
The death penalty continues to spark controversy across the country. As I was researching recent developments in a number of states, I learned that a case will be argued in the coming months before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging Louisiana’s death penalty....
by Beth Karas | Apr 19, 2016 | Kendra Hatcher, News, Death Penalty |
Was the violent death of Kendra Hatcher, a beautiful 35-year-old dentist, in a Dallas parking garage last September a robbery gone awry or a contract killing? The Dallas District Attorney says it was the latter and has charged three people in connection with...
by Beth Karas | Mar 10, 2016 | News, Death Penalty |
Every time I covered a death penalty trial in Florida–my first was in 1995 where Jeff Ashton was the prosecutor and Belvin Perry was the judge–I was a bit uneasy with their law that allowed a death recommendation to go to the judge on a majority vote. So...
by Beth Karas | Dec 28, 2015 | News, Death Penalty, Member News |
The Death Penalty Information Center released its year-end report a few weeks ago. Some interesting statistics illustrate the decreasing support for the death penalty in the US: 49 death sentences were returned by juries nationwide in 2015—the lowest number...
