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Ligne n°6 : ... What Politicians Don't Say About- Ligne n°7 : the High Costs of the Death Penalty
Ligne n°10 : ... Executive Director- Ligne n°11 : The Death Penalty Information Center
- Ligne n°22 : Whether the death penalty constitutes a reasonable effort to prevent
Ligne n°23 : crime is considered from an economic standpoint. Resources directed ...
Ligne n°25 : ... not available for crime prevention methodologies proven for their- Ligne n°26 : effectiveness. The death penalty not only fails as a solution to the
Ligne n°27 : problem of violence in the United States but, because of the excessive ...
Ligne n°27 : ... problem of violence in the United States but, because of the excessive- Ligne n°28 : costs of implementation, capital punishment interferes with a spectrum
Ligne n°29 : of preventive programs that have been demonstrated to work well. ...
Ligne n°39 : ... officers. Yet these same states, and many others like them, are pouring- Ligne n°40 : millions of dollars into the death penalty with no resultant reduction
Ligne n°41 : in crime. ...- Ligne n°43 : The exorbitant costs of capital punishment are actually making America
Ligne n°44 : less safe because badly needed financial and legal resources are being ...
Ligne n°47 : ... like community policing, but was managing to spend an extra $90 million- Ligne n°48 : per year on capital punishment. Texas, with over 300 people on death
Ligne n°49 : row, is spending an estimated $2.3 million per case, but its murder ...- Ligne n°52 : The death penalty is escaping the decisive cost-benefit analysis to
Ligne n°53 : which every other program is being put in times of austerity. Rather ...
Ligne n°54 : ... than being posed as a single, but costly, alternative in a spectrum of- Ligne n°55 : approaches to crime, the death penalty operates at the extremes of
Ligne n°56 : political rhetoric. Candidates use the death penalty as a facile ...
Ligne n°55 : ... approaches to crime, the death penalty operates at the extremes of- Ligne n°56 : political rhetoric. Candidates use the death penalty as a facile
Ligne n°57 : solution to crime which allows them to distinguish themselves by the ...- Ligne n°60 : The death penalty is much more expensive than its closest alternative
Ligne n°61 : -- life imprisonment with no parole. Capital trials are longer and more ...- Ligne n°71 : The high price of the death penalty is often most keenly felt in those
Ligne n°72 : counties responsible for both the prosecution and defense of capital ...
Ligne n°78 : ... Nevertheless, politicians from prosecutors to presidents choose symbol- Ligne n°79 : over substance in their support of the death penalty. Campaign rhetoric
Ligne n°80 : becomes legislative policy with no analysis of whether the expense will ...
Ligne n°80 : ... becomes legislative policy with no analysis of whether the expense will- Ligne n°81 : produce any good for the people. The death penalty, in short, has been
Ligne n°82 : given a free ride. The expansion of the death penalty in America is on ...
Ligne n°81 : ... produce any good for the people. The death penalty, in short, has been- Ligne n°82 : given a free ride. The expansion of the death penalty in America is on
Ligne n°83 : a collision course with a shrinking budget for crime prevention. It is ...
Ligne n°89 : ... Over two-thirds of the states and the federal government have installed- Ligne n°90 : an exorbitantly expensive system of capital punishment which has been a
Ligne n°91 : failure by any measure of effectiveness. Literally hundreds of millions ...- Ligne n°96 : For years, candidates have been using the death penalty to portray
Ligne n°97 : themselves as tough on crime. But when politicians offer voters the ...
Ligne n°97 : ... themselves as tough on crime. But when politicians offer voters the- Ligne n°98 : death penalty as a solution to violence, the people actually become
Ligne n°99 : worse off in their fight against crime. The public is left with fewer ...
Ligne n°102 : ... economy, the criminal justice system is breaking down for lack of funds- Ligne n°103 : while states pour more money into the black hole of capital punishment
Ligne n°104 : expense. ...- Ligne n°106 : Local governments often bear the brunt of capital punishment costs and
Ligne n°107 : are particularly burdened. A single death penalty trial can exhaust a ...
Ligne n°106 : ... Local governments often bear the brunt of capital punishment costs and- Ligne n°107 : are particularly burdened. A single death penalty trial can exhaust a
Ligne n°108 : county's resources. Politicians singing the praises of the death ...
Ligne n°116 : ... methods of crime reduction. Thus, there is little debate about whether- Ligne n°117 : the death penalty accomplishes any good at all.
- Ligne n°119 : Meanwhile the death penalty is reaching a critical stage in America. No
Ligne n°120 : longer isolated in the South, the death penalty has become a national ...
Ligne n°119 : ... Meanwhile the death penalty is reaching a critical stage in America. No- Ligne n°120 : longer isolated in the South, the death penalty has become a national
Ligne n°121 : phenomenon. There are more people on death row than at any time in the ...
Ligne n°123 : ... has grown to 20, with 4 new states added recently. The costs of- Ligne n°124 : pursuing the death penalty continue to mount. At the same time, the
Ligne n°125 : United States has parted company from the other democratic countries of ...
Ligne n°125 : ... United States has parted company from the other democratic countries of- Ligne n°126 : the world which have largely abandoned capital punishment.
Ligne n°128 : ... In the 1990 and 1992 elections, politicians were particularly blatant- Ligne n°129 : in their promotion of the death penalty. It was advanced at all levels
Ligne n°130 : of the political process as an answer to crime and was used by liberals ...
Ligne n°130 : ... of the political process as an answer to crime and was used by liberals- Ligne n°131 : and conservatives alike. Current death penalty rhetoric, while not as
Ligne n°132 : blatant, continues the charade: vital crime fighting programs are being ...
Ligne n°132 : ... blatant, continues the charade: vital crime fighting programs are being- Ligne n°133 : cut while the high-priced death penalty goes unchecked.
Ligne n°135 : ... Like the emperor's cowering subjects who praised his invisible robes,- Ligne n°136 : many politicians extol the death penalty as if it were a solution to
Ligne n°137 : the problem of crime. It is a cynical manipulation of the public's ...
Ligne n°139 : ... substance, a "solution" for politicians who know that no credible- Ligne n°140 : evidence exists linking the death penalty to a reduction of murder.
- Ligne n°142 : This essay will focus first on the role the death penalty plays in the
Ligne n°143 : economic crisis facing states and local governments. As budgets ...
Ligne n°143 : ... economic crisis facing states and local governments. As budgets- Ligne n°144 : everywhere are being tightened, the death penalty looms as an
Ligne n°145 : exorbitant and superfluous "luxury item." Some counties have been ...
Ligne n°147 : ... increases to fund these extremely expensive cases. As money is spent on- Ligne n°148 : the death penalty, it is thereby less available for the very programs
Ligne n°149 : that are the backbone of the effort to reduce crime in this country. ...
Ligne n°151 : ... Secondly, the report will illustrate how politicians have manipulated- Ligne n°152 : the death penalty issue and avoided debate on the real causes of crime.
Ligne n°153 : Their approach has been typically marked by a simplistic rhetoric of ...
Ligne n°156 : ... the economic crisis in criminal justice and crime prevention demands- Ligne n°157 : that the death penalty be given a harder look.
- Ligne n°159 : The Financial Costs of the Death Penalty
- Ligne n°161 : Death penalty cases are much more expensive than other criminal cases
Ligne n°162 : and cost more than imprisonment for life with no possibility of parole. ...
Ligne n°166 : ... motions, lengthy jury selections, and expenses for expert witnesses are- Ligne n°167 : all likely to add to the costs in death penalty cases. The
Ligne n°168 : irreversibility of the death sentence requires courts to follow ...- Ligne n°176 : Most of these costs occur in every case for which capital punishment is
Ligne n°177 : sought, regardless of the outcome. Thus, the true cost of the death ...
Ligne n°178 : ... penalty includes all the added expenses of the "unsuccessful" trials in- Ligne n°179 : which the death penalty is sought but not achieved. Moreover, if a
Ligne n°180 : defendant is convicted but not given the death sentence, the state will ...- Ligne n°184 : For the states which employ the death penalty, this luxury comes at a
Ligne n°185 : high price. In Texas, a death penalty case costs taxpayers an average ...
Ligne n°184 : ... For the states which employ the death penalty, this luxury comes at a- Ligne n°185 : high price. In Texas, a death penalty case costs taxpayers an average
Ligne n°186 : of $2.3 million, about three times the cost of imprisoning someone in a ...
Ligne n°189 : ... strapped California, one report estimated that the state could save $90- Ligne n°190 : million each year by abolishing capital punishment.(5) The New York
Ligne n°191 : Department of Correctional Services estimated that implementing the ...
Ligne n°191 : ... Department of Correctional Services estimated that implementing the- Ligne n°192 : death penalty would cost the state about $118 million annually.(6)
- Ligne n°194 : The Recession and the Death Penalty
Ligne n°206 : ... New Jersey, for example, laid off more than 500 police officers in- Ligne n°207 : 1991.(8) At the same time, it was implementing a death penalty which
Ligne n°208 : would cost an estimated $16 million per year,(9) more than enough to ...
Ligne n°216 : ... Professors Richard Moran and Joseph Ellis estimated that the money it- Ligne n°217 : would take to implement the death penalty in New York for just five
Ligne n°218 : years would be enough to fund 250 additional police officers and build ...
Ligne n°224 : ... sentences and re-arrests are common.(15) On the other hand, Texas spent- Ligne n°225 : an estimated $183.2 million in just six years on the death penalty.(16)
Ligne n°230 : ... the past year while local counties have had to raise taxes to pay for- Ligne n°231 : death penalty trials.(18)
Ligne n°235 : ... the nation's response to crime. Yet, in state after state, these- Ligne n°236 : programs are suffering drastic cuts while the death penalty absorbs
Ligne n°237 : time, money and political attention. ...- Ligne n°241 : An increasingly significant consequence of the death penalty in the
Ligne n°242 : United States is the crushing financial burden it places on local ...
Ligne n°244 : ... unlimited source of government largesse. Counties, which bear the brunt- Ligne n°245 : of the costs of death penalty trials, are also the primary deliverers
Ligne n°246 : of local health and human services in the public sector.(19) Hard ...
Ligne n°248 : ... services, creative crime reduction programs such as community policing,- Ligne n°249 : and the vigorous pursuit of a few death penalty cases.
Ligne n°254 : ... victims of crime is being cut even further to the bone. ... In this- Ligne n°255 : context, the proposition that the death penalty is a needed addition to
Ligne n°256 : our arsenal of weapons lacks credibility and is, as a sheer matter of ...- Ligne n°261 : While state and national politicians promote the death penalty, the
Ligne n°262 : county government is typically responsible for the costs of prosecution ...
Ligne n°270 : ... Even where the state provides some of the money for the counties to- Ligne n°271 : pursue the death penalty, the burden on the county can be crushing.
Ligne n°272 : California, for example, was spending $10 million a year reimbursing ...
Ligne n°282 : ... In Sierra County, California, authorities had to cut police services in- Ligne n°283 : 1988 to pick up the tab of pursuing death penalty prosecutions. The
Ligne n°284 : County's District Attorney, James Reichle, complained, "If we didn't ...
Ligne n°290 : ... volunteer search and rescue." The county's auditor, Don Hemphill, said- Ligne n°291 : that if death penalty expenses kept piling up, the county would soon be
Ligne n°292 : broke.(23) Just recently, Mr. Hemphill indicated that another death ...
Ligne n°296 : ... In Imperial County, California, the county supervisors refused to pay- Ligne n°297 : the bill for the defense of a man facing the death penalty because the
Ligne n°298 : case would bankrupt the county. The county budget officer spent three ...
Ligne n°299 : ... days in jail for refusing to pay the bill. A judge reviewing the case- Ligne n°300 : took away the county's right to seek the death penalty, thus costing
Ligne n°301 : the county the partial reimbursement which the state provided for ...
Ligne n°317 : ... In Meriwether County, Georgia, a county of 21,000 residents and a $4- Ligne n°318 : million annual budget, the prosecutor sought the death penalty three
Ligne n°319 : times for Eddie Lee Spraggins, a mentally retarded man. The case cost ...
Ligne n°331 : ... Kemper County having to pay out, we believed we needed to be sure."- Ligne n°332 : Luke said that the decision to seek the death penalty was not his--he
Ligne n°333 : only had to come up with the money. Lauderdale County, where the trial ...
Ligne n°339 : ... In Yazoo City, Mississippi, the town is worried that it, too, might get- Ligne n°340 : stuck with an expensive death penalty case. "A capital murder trial is
Ligne n°341 : the worst financial nightmare any government body could envision," said ...- Ligne n°349 : [E]ven though I'm a firm believer in the death penalty, I also
Ligne n°350 : understand what the cost is. If you can be satisfied with putting a ...- Ligne n°358 : Vincent Perini of the Texas Bar Association, calls the death penalty a
Ligne n°359 : "luxury": "There's some things that a modern American city and state ...
Ligne n°361 : ... protection. You have to have a criminal justice system. You do not have- Ligne n°362 : to have a death penalty. The death penalty in criminal justice is kind
- Ligne n°362 : to have a death penalty. The death penalty in criminal justice is kind
Ligne n°363 : of a luxury item. It's an add-on; it's an optional item when you buy ...
Ligne n°369 : ... North Carolina Supreme Court, agrees: "I think those of us involved in- Ligne n°370 : prosecuting these (death penalty) cases have this uneasy notion that
Ligne n°371 : ... these cases are very time-consuming and very troublesome and take a ...
Ligne n°376 : ... the avenues of appeal available to death row inmates. But most of the- Ligne n°377 : costs associated with the death penalty occur at the trial level.(34)
Ligne n°378 : Whatever effect cutting back on the writ of habeas corpus may have on ...
Ligne n°379 : ... the time from trial to execution, it is not clear that the changes will- Ligne n°380 : make the death penalty any less expensive, and they may result in the
Ligne n°381 : execution of innocent people. With the number of people on death row ...
Ligne n°381 : ... execution of innocent people. With the number of people on death row- Ligne n°382 : growing each year, the overall costs of the death penalty are likely to
Ligne n°383 : increase. ...- Ligne n°385 : Some state appeals courts are overwhelmed with death penalty cases. The
Ligne n°386 : California Supreme Court, for example, spends more than half its time ...
Ligne n°387 : ... reviewing death cases.(35) The Florida Supreme Court also spends about- Ligne n°388 : half its time on death penalty cases.(36) Many governors spend a
Ligne n°389 : significant percentage of their time reviewing clemency petitions and ...
Ligne n°391 : ... Justice (Retired) of the Louisiana Supreme Court, said: "The people- Ligne n°392 : have a constitutional right to the death penalty and we'll do our best
Ligne n°393 : to make it work rationally. But you can see what it's doing. Capital ...- Ligne n°398 : New York does not have the death penalty. In the early 1980's, the N.Y.
Ligne n°399 : State Defenders Association conducted a study to estimate how much the ...
Ligne n°399 : ... State Defenders Association conducted a study to estimate how much the- Ligne n°400 : death penalty would cost if it were to be implemented in New York. The
Ligne n°401 : estimates were that each case would cost the state $1.8 million, just ...- Ligne n°408 : Significantly, no city in New York State, without the death penalty, is
Ligne n°409 : among the nation's top twenty-five cities in homicide rates according ...- Ligne n°442 : Boston, like New York, is in a state without the death penalty, though
Ligne n°443 : Governor William Weld (R-Mass.) has been attempting to reinstate it. ...
Ligne n°446 : ... association said a majority of the state's district attorneys oppose- Ligne n°447 : capital punishment partially on the grounds that it is a waste of money
Ligne n°448 : better spent on other areas of law enforcement and incarceration.(46) ...
Ligne n°450 : ... justice and court reform now to address the crisis in our criminal- Ligne n°451 : justice system. The death penalty, however, has no place in this reform
Ligne n°452 : effort. It is a simplistic, arbitrary, misguided, ineffective and ...
Ligne n°462 : ... constitute an infinitesimal element of criminal justice." The public- Ligne n°463 : seems to agree: Only 13 percent of those who support capital punishment
Ligne n°464 : believe it deters crime.(48) ...
Ligne n°466 : ... New York and Massachusetts can be contrasted with Texas which is the- Ligne n°467 : nation's leader in the use of the death penalty. Texas has the largest
Ligne n°468 : death row and has executed almost twice as many people as the next ...- Ligne n°475 : Wherever the death penalty is in place, it siphons off resources which
Ligne n°476 : could be going to the front line in the war against crime: to police, ...
Ligne n°478 : ... effective. Instead, these essential services are repeatedly cut while- Ligne n°479 : the death penalty continues to expand. Politicians could address this
Ligne n°480 : crisis, but, for the most part, they either endorse executions or ...- Ligne n°483 : Political Manipulation of the Death Penalty
Ligne n°486 : ... answer lies partly in the promotion by politicians who hope to benefit- Ligne n°487 : by advocating the death penalty. Even though it fails to meet the
Ligne n°488 : cost-benefit test applied to other government programs, many ...
Ligne n°488 : ... cost-benefit test applied to other government programs, many- Ligne n°489 : politicians use capital punishment to distinguish themselves from their
Ligne n°490 : opponents. Politicians have generally not posed the death penalty as ...
Ligne n°489 : ... politicians use capital punishment to distinguish themselves from their- Ligne n°490 : opponents. Politicians have generally not posed the death penalty as
Ligne n°491 : one alternative among a limited number of crime fighting initiatives ...
Ligne n°491 : ... one alternative among a limited number of crime fighting initiatives- Ligne n°492 : for which the people must ultimately pay. Rather, the death penalty is
Ligne n°493 : used to play on the public's fear of crime and to create an atmosphere ...- Ligne n°497 : The Death Penalty in National Politics
Ligne n°501 : ... Republicans to capitalize on the issue of crime because "almost every- Ligne n°502 : Democrat out there running is opposed to the death penalty."(51)
Ligne n°503 : Apparently, the Democrats were listening as well since politicians of ...
Ligne n°503 : ... Apparently, the Democrats were listening as well since politicians of- Ligne n°504 : all stripes rushed to proclaim their support of capital punishment.
Ligne n°508 : ... willingness to execute people. Ironically, those who were most- Ligne n°509 : demonstrative about the death penalty were defeated, though seldom by
Ligne n°510 : opponents of capital punishment. ...
Ligne n°509 : ... demonstrative about the death penalty were defeated, though seldom by- Ligne n°510 : opponents of capital punishment.
- Ligne n°512 : In 1992, the national political debate on the death penalty was
Ligne n°513 : conspicuous by its silence. The utility of the death penalty as a ...
Ligne n°512 : ... In 1992, the national political debate on the death penalty was- Ligne n°513 : conspicuous by its silence. The utility of the death penalty as a
Ligne n°514 : defining issue was lost when most of the Democratic Presidential ...
Ligne n°514 : ... defining issue was lost when most of the Democratic Presidential- Ligne n°515 : candidates supported the death penalty. George Bush, Bill Clinton and
Ligne n°516 : Ross Perot were all in favor of the death penalty, tough none made it a ...
Ligne n°515 : ... candidates supported the death penalty. George Bush, Bill Clinton and- Ligne n°516 : Ross Perot were all in favor of the death penalty, tough none made it a
Ligne n°517 : major campaign issue. ...
Ligne n°522 : ... convicted murderer Willie Horton with Michael Dukakis' position against- Ligne n°523 : the death penalty, thus portraying Dukakis as soft on crime. In 1992,
Ligne n°524 : President Bush sought to convey a tough image by his support for a ...
Ligne n°524 : ... President Bush sought to convey a tough image by his support for a- Ligne n°525 : greatly expanded federal death penalty. When unemployment figures
Ligne n°526 : indicated that the economy was going to be a negative for the Bush ...
Ligne n°531 : ... tough on crime. He introduced a crime bill whose centerpiece was an- Ligne n°532 : expansion of the federal death penalty to over 40 new crimes. Not to be
Ligne n°533 : outdone, the Democrats endorsed a bill allowing the death penalty in ...
Ligne n°532 : ... expansion of the federal death penalty to over 40 new crimes. Not to be- Ligne n°533 : outdone, the Democrats endorsed a bill allowing the death penalty in
Ligne n°534 : over 50 new crimes. ...- Ligne n°536 : Just prior to the presidential election in 1988, the death penalty was
Ligne n°537 : also promoted as a way of appearing tough on drug crime. Legislation ...
Ligne n°537 : ... also promoted as a way of appearing tough on drug crime. Legislation- Ligne n°538 : was passed imposing the death penalty in drug-related murders but that
Ligne n°539 : law has resulted in only seven prosecutions and one death sentence in ...- Ligne n°552 : An expanded federal death penalty could also prove to be enormously
Ligne n°553 : expensive. One amendment approved by the Senate would impose the death ...
Ligne n°558 : ... Senator Thomas Daschle (D.-SD) described much of the talk about the- Ligne n°559 : death penalty on Capitol Hill as political posturing: "We debate in
Ligne n°560 : codes, like the death penalty as a code for toughness on crime. The ...
Ligne n°559 : ... death penalty on Capitol Hill as political posturing: "We debate in- Ligne n°560 : codes, like the death penalty as a code for toughness on crime. The
Ligne n°561 : whole game is a rush to acquire the code: he who gets the code first ...- Ligne n°566 : Although Clinton's pro-death penalty stance partially neutralized
Ligne n°567 : Bush's use of this tactic in the 1992 campaign, on the death penalty ...
Ligne n°566 : ... Although Clinton's pro-death penalty stance partially neutralized- Ligne n°567 : Bush's use of this tactic in the 1992 campaign, on the death penalty
Ligne n°568 : one can never be tough enough. For example, Vice President Dan Quayle ...
Ligne n°568 : ... one can never be tough enough. For example, Vice President Dan Quayle- Ligne n°569 : attacked Clinton for being soft on capital punishment (despite having
Ligne n°570 : presided over four executions as Arkansas Governor) because Clinton had ...- Ligne n°574 : Bill Clinton criticized Bush's manipulation of the death penalty issue:
Ligne n°575 : "President Bush has used an expansion of the death penalty as a cover ...
Ligne n°574 : ... Bill Clinton criticized Bush's manipulation of the death penalty issue:- Ligne n°575 : "President Bush has used an expansion of the death penalty as a cover
Ligne n°576 : for actually weakening the partnership of the federal government in the ...
Ligne n°582 : ... Ever since he lost the Governor's race in Arkansas after serving only- Ligne n°583 : one term, Clinton has made clear his support for the death penalty.
Ligne n°584 : Clinton returned to office as Governor in 1983, granted no commutations ...- Ligne n°590 : The Death Penalty in State Politics
- Ligne n°592 : The death penalty is almost the exclusive function of the states rather
Ligne n°593 : than the federal government. It is not surprising, then, that some of ...
Ligne n°602 : ... signed. Martinez was defeated by Democrat Lawton Chiles who also favors- Ligne n°603 : the death penalty.
Ligne n°607 : ... The 1990 governor's race in Texas presented a variety of candidates- Ligne n°608 : vying to demonstrate their greater support of the death penalty. As
Ligne n°609 : populist Democrat Jim Hightower put it, the race boiled down to one ...
Ligne n°617 : ... of a simulated kidnapping of young children from a school yard and then- Ligne n°618 : touted his backing of a separate law to impose the death penalty for
Ligne n°619 : killing children. His ad ended with the slogan: "That's the way to make ...
Ligne n°625 : ... most executions of any state. However, while Texas is spending hundreds- Ligne n°626 : of millions of dollars on the death penalty, it is having to release
Ligne n°627 : other prisoners early to avoid overcrowding. Inmates serve only an ...
Ligne n°628 : ... average of one-fifth of their sentences. In Harris County (Houston),- Ligne n°629 : arguably the death penalty capital of the country, 67 percent of those
Ligne n°630 : arrested are recidivists and crime is the people's number one ...
Ligne n°635 : ... California's 1990 gubernatorial race also involved jockeying for the- Ligne n°636 : position of "death penalty candidate." Dianne Feinstein was the most
Ligne n°637 : outspoken, describing herself in commercials as "the only Democratic ...
Ligne n°637 : ... outspoken, describing herself in commercials as "the only Democratic- Ligne n°638 : candidate for governor in favor of the death penalty."(62) This ploy
Ligne n°639 : caused her Democratic rival, John Van de Kamp, to respond with ads ...
Ligne n°660 : ... an estimated $90 million per year over normal costs to carry out the- Ligne n°661 : death penalty.(65) With over 300 people condemned to death, California
Ligne n°662 : has the second largest death row in the country. ...- Ligne n°674 : New York Politics: Grandstanding on the Death Penalty
Ligne n°676 : ... New York illustrates that voters are not monolithic when it comes to- Ligne n°677 : the death penalty. Although more executions have been carried out in
Ligne n°678 : New York since 1900 than in any other state, it does not have the death ...
Ligne n°679 : ... penalty now and has not executed anyone since 1963. For ten straight- Ligne n°680 : years, the state legislature has passed death penalty legislation and
Ligne n°681 : for ten years Governor Cuomo vetoed the bills, continuing the tradition ...
Ligne n°682 : ... of Governor Hugh Carey before him. Although the majority of New Yorkers- Ligne n°683 : appears to support capital punishment, Cuomo was re-elected repeatedly.
Ligne n°684 : Cuomo's 1990 Republican opponent, Pierre Rinfret, built a campaign ...
Ligne n°684 : ... Cuomo's 1990 Republican opponent, Pierre Rinfret, built a campaign- Ligne n°685 : around the death penalty but failed to win voter support. Even fellow
Ligne n°686 : Republican and death penalty supporter Jack Kemp rejected such blatant ...
Ligne n°685 : ... around the death penalty but failed to win voter support. Even fellow- Ligne n°686 : Republican and death penalty supporter Jack Kemp rejected such blatant
Ligne n°687 : manipulation: ...- Ligne n°689 : He's running on the death penalty for drug pushers. I mean, goodness
Ligne n°690 : gracious, if ... that's what politics has descended into in the ...
Ligne n°690 : ... gracious, if ... that's what politics has descended into in the- Ligne n°691 : 1990's--who can get to the far right on the death penalty--it is a sad
Ligne n°692 : day .... I don't want to be in the Republican Party of New York if ...
Ligne n°692 : ... day .... I don't want to be in the Republican Party of New York if- Ligne n°693 : that's all they can talk about, the death penalty. I am for the death
Ligne n°694 : penalty, but that pales in significance to the need for a healthy ...
Ligne n°699 : ... Lately, however, that movement has been losing steam. The controversy- Ligne n°700 : demonstrates that switching one's allegiance on the death penalty issue
Ligne n°701 : to join the mainstream is not always a ticket to electoral success. In ...- Ligne n°707 : The New York Daily News, long a supporter of the death penalty with
Ligne n°708 : such subtle headlines as FRY HIM!, has apparently become frustrated ...
Ligne n°709 : ... with the political games-playing surrounding the issue and now rejects- Ligne n°710 : the death penalty. In a 1992 editorial, the News took particular aim at
Ligne n°711 : those pro-death-penalty politicians who vote against the alternative ...
Ligne n°714 : ... obvious alternative--life without parole? Because pols would rather- Ligne n°715 : grandstand on the death penalty. It is cheap political expedience, not
Ligne n°716 : wise public policy."(70) ...- Ligne n°718 : The death penalty's chief proponent in the New York Assembly, Vincent
Ligne n°719 : Graber from Buffalo, acknowledged the kind of manipulation the News ...
Ligne n°720 : ... criticized. Graber admitted that the life-without-parole bill was- Ligne n°721 : rejected because it interfered with the quest for capital punishment:
Ligne n°722 : "This being an election year," Graber said in 1990, "I don't think the ...
Ligne n°729 : ... Politicians are quick to capitalize on an opportunity to promote the- Ligne n°730 : death penalty. Massachusetts does not have the death penalty, but when
- Ligne n°730 : death penalty. Massachusetts does not have the death penalty, but when
Ligne n°731 : Carol Stuart, a young white, pregnant woman, was brutally murdered in ...
Ligne n°734 : ... and the Republican Party called a press conference within hours of- Ligne n°735 : Stuart's death demanding a return to capital punishment.(72) After the
Ligne n°736 : embarrassing truth came out that Stuart was probably murdered by her ...
Ligne n°739 : ... In Arizona, state Representative Leslie Johnson (R-Mesa) called for the- Ligne n°740 : death penalty for child molesters after a particularly horrendous crime
Ligne n°741 : in Yuma. On the floor of the House, Johnson proposed the quick fix: "If ...
Ligne n°741 : ... in Yuma. On the floor of the House, Johnson proposed the quick fix: "If- Ligne n°742 : we do away with these people, if we do have the death penalty and if
Ligne n°743 : you are a sex offender, you're just out of here--dead, gone. And if we ...
Ligne n°748 : ... And in the District of Columbia, Senator Richard Shelby (D-Ala.)- Ligne n°749 : proposed that the death penalty be enacted for the city by Congress
Ligne n°750 : after one of his aides was killed on Capitol Hill. Congress responded ...
Ligne n°751 : ... by cutting out the Mayor's $25 million youth and anti-crime initiative- Ligne n°752 : while imposing a referendum on the death penalty. The hidden but
Ligne n°753 : inevitable costs resulting from having capital punishment were not ...
Ligne n°752 : ... while imposing a referendum on the death penalty. The hidden but- Ligne n°753 : inevitable costs resulting from having capital punishment were not
Ligne n°754 : addressed in the appropriations bill. But if the experience of other ...- Ligne n°759 : Finally, the death penalty is manipulated by those politicians who are
Ligne n°760 : closest to it: the elected states attorneys and prosecutors who make ...
Ligne n°770 : ... his innocent client to death. Now, as chief prosecutor and staunch- Ligne n°771 : defender of the death penalty, Woods turned on his client, Murray
Ligne n°772 : Hooper, saying he is guilty and deserves the death penalty. Since ...
Ligne n°771 : ... defender of the death penalty, Woods turned on his client, Murray- Ligne n°772 : Hooper, saying he is guilty and deserves the death penalty. Since
Ligne n°773 : Hooper is still on death row, such a representation has raised ...
Ligne n°780 : ... conviction of Tony Amadeo was overturned, Briley first announced that- Ligne n°781 : he would again seek the death penalty. However, he later allowed the
Ligne n°782 : defendant to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence after the ...
Ligne n°803 : ... In sum, there has been a steady stream of politicians attempting to- Ligne n°804 : capitalize on the death penalty issue in recent years. Real solutions
Ligne n°805 : to crime get overshadowed in the tough talk of capital punishment. When ...
Ligne n°804 : ... capitalize on the death penalty issue in recent years. Real solutions- Ligne n°805 : to crime get overshadowed in the tough talk of capital punishment. When
Ligne n°806 : some of the politicians are successful, the death penalty gets ...
Ligne n°805 : ... to crime get overshadowed in the tough talk of capital punishment. When- Ligne n°806 : some of the politicians are successful, the death penalty gets
Ligne n°807 : implemented or expanded and the people begin to pay the high costs. ...
Ligne n°810 : ... avoiding the hard economic choices that have to be made between the- Ligne n°811 : death penalty and more credible methods of reducing violence.
- Ligne n°815 : The death penalty is parading through the streets of America as if it
Ligne n°816 : were clothed in the finest robes of criminal justice. Most politicians ...
Ligne n°818 : ... the emperor has no clothes. Instead of confronting the twin crises of- Ligne n°819 : the economy and violence, politicians offer the death penalty as if it
Ligne n°820 : were a meaningful solution to crime. At the same time, more effective ...
Ligne n°821 : ... and vital services to the community are being sacrificed. Voters should- Ligne n°822 : be told the truth about the death penalty. They should understand that
Ligne n°823 : there are programs that do work in reducing crime, but the resources to ...