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| ABA: Freeze executions nationwide |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 10/30/2007 |
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WASHINGTON - Serious problems in state death penalty systems compromise fairness and accuracy in capital punishment cases and justify a nationwide freeze on executions, the American Bar Association says. Problems cited in a report released Sunday by the lawyers' organization include: Spotty collection and preservation of DNA evidence, which has been used to exonerate more than 200 inmates; misidentification by eyewitnesses; False confessions from defendants; and persistent racial disparities that make death sentences more likely when victims are white. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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