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| Officials argue over need for death sentence as inmates continue to sit and wait |
| By cumberlink.com- Naomi Creason |
| Published: 03/31/2015 |
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Cumberland County Chief Public Defender Tim Clawges would love nothing more than to see the abolishment of the death penalty. Serving as a public defender for almost 25 years, Clawges has first-hand experience talking to defendants facing death row and researching their histories of potential abuse, drugs and mental illness. Clawges said that even criminals in the most serious cases “have some real humanity. Everybody’s got some good parts to them.” It’s the bad parts, however, that is the concern of Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed. Freed emphasized that he and his office put serious consideration into whether they should pursue a death penalty case. While those cases must prove to have “aggravating circumstances,” he said his office goes beyond that to consider how much evidence is against the defender. Read More. |
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