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| Supreme Court justice supports death penalty moratorium |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/11/2001 |
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Monday she supports a proposed state moratorium on the death penalty, adding that accused murderers with good lawyers 'do not get the death penalty.' Ginsburg criticized the often 'meager' amount of money spent to defend poor people, and said she would be 'glad to see' Maryland become the second state after Illinois to pass a moratorium on imposition of the death penalty. But the effort failed a few hours later when Maryland lawmakers adjourned for the year without voting on the measure. 'I have yet to see a death case among the dozens coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was well represented at trial,' Ginsburg said in a lecture on the importance of public service law. 'People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty,' she added later. Ginsburg has gone on record as saying she would have granted last-minute stays, or delays, in capital cases. The Supreme Court has at least a five-member majority in favor of the death penalty in general. The justices have agreed to hear a case next fall testing whether mentally retarded people may be executed. |
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