Photojournalist Ken Light who deads the photojournalism program at UC Berkeley published a collection of photographs, Texas Death Row. There are photographs from it on the page for the book, more extensive photos and excerpts on Mother Jones and MSNBC has a feature with a slideshow of photos from the book with recordings of comments from Light. The photo above is by Light.
Frontline has done a number of shows related to the death penalty with extensive websites. The Execution was about Clifford Boggess who was executed by Texas in 1998. The drawing above is by Boggess. The site includes an article on
Why texas is #1 in executions. Angel on Death Row is a profile of Sister Helen Prejean who wrote Dead Man Walking. And The Case for Innocence which examines the role of DNA evidence.
posted by steve rhodes on 6/24/2000 5:22:25 PM |
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"On Oct. 28, 1981, Mr. Gary Graham was found guilty of capital murder and later sentenced to death by a Harris County jury, which concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that he shot and killed Mr. Bobby Lambert during the course of a robbery...What Bush failed to note is that 5 members of the Board voted not to execute him, 4 members of the Supreme Court (including Justice Souter who his father appointed) voted to stay the execution and 3 members of the jury that convicted Graham said they would have changed their minds if they had heard the 2 eyewitnesses who said Graham was not the killer.Over the last 19 years, Mr. Graham's case has been reviewed more than 20 times by state and federal courts. Thirty-three judges have heard and found his numerous claims to be without merit.
In addition to the extensive due process provided Mr. Graham through the courts, the Board of Pardons and Paroles has thoroughly reviewed the record of this case as well as all new claims raised by Mr. Graham's lawyers. Today the Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to allow Mr. Graham's execution to go forward. I support the board's decision.
Mr. Graham has had full and fair access to state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.
After considering all the facts, I am confident justice is being done. May God bless the victims, the families of the victims, and may God bless Mr. Graham."
DNA Frees Suspect in Md. Slaying. A moratorium on execuctions in Maryland has been proposed. http://www.jessejacksonjr.org/> Jesse Jackson Jr. has proposed a national moratorium.
The Washington Post has collected stories on the death penalty.
posted by steve rhodes on 6/23/2000 1:30:53 AM |
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The Chicago Tribune had a story this morning which has links to their investigations of the death penalty in Texas and Illinois. The New York Times had a good story recently on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Pending Execution in Texas Spotlights a Powerful Board.
Salon has a commentary by Bruce Shapiro, The moral tipping point and an interview with David Protess who has worked with his students to show that inmates on death row in Illinois were wrongly convicted.
The Washington Post has an archive of their articles on Graham dating back to 1993. A 1993 article says:
Lambert's widow [Lambert's murder is what Graham was convicted of], Loretta, also has written a letter to state officials, saying, "I do not want the execution of a possibly innocent man on my conscience."And a story in the Dallas Morning News on another Texas death row case, DNA doesn't link Blair to slain girl says:
"Meanwhile, Mr. Blair's attorneys have asked the federal court to subpoena background information on Mr. Linch, whose analysis of hair and fiber provided the key physical evidence against Mr. Blair.Attorneys have asked to subpoena Mr. Linch's employment records during his tenure as an analyst at SWIFS and hospital records that detail his psychiatric treatment before trial.
The Dallas Morning News previously reported that Mr. Linch underwent treatment for depression and alcoholism at the urging of his supervisors at SWIFS, who said they considered him a danger to himself and possibly others.
After an initial exam at one hospital, Mr. Linch was handcuffed and involuntarily admitted to a different psychiatric ward.
Although Mr. Linch acknowledged that he was released from the lockdown unit at Doctors Hospital twice to testify in capital-murder trials, the Blair trial was among the first in which he testified after his release."
Owen is usually funny, but today's is particularly good:
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MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson, on the music industry's need for an MP3 strategy that doesn't make it nervous, wondering what to do -- one that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you, Wired News, 20 June 2000
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posted by steve rhodes on 6/22/2000 12:18:40 AM |
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And watching it the other day, I certainly saw reflections of it in this era of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, Survivor and Angelyne (who has billboards with her picture all over LA and drives around in a pink corvette). A review at epinions calls it the best early movie on celebrity.
Next spring, an exhibit named after Gladys Glover will put billboards designed by artists around LA.
posted by steve rhodes on 6/21/2000 12:44:04 AM |
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You can subscribe to get it in PDF for each week (the PDF will be different in design from the website) and to get daily emails on each letter.
posted by steve rhodes on 6/20/2000 4:30:04 PM |
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On Monday, Nick Park was interviewed on Fresh Air. Parks directed the Wallace and Gromit shorts and Chicken Run which opens Friday for Aardman Animations. The Village Voice has an article on Chicken Run, Salon has a review and Peter Lord., A interview with Park and fan site has lots of information.
Atom Films now has shorts from Aardman online including Creature Comforts which won an Oscar.
posted by steve rhodes on 6/20/2000 2:09:14 PM |
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