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Friday, August 11, 2000

The Chicago Tribune reports on the Illinois Supreme Court's ruling finding fault with 6 death sentences. Two were overturned because of allegations their confessions were obtained by torture. The Chicago Reader's articles on torture by the Chicago Police are online including a story on Aaron Patterson, one of the men who was tortured.

The court also found that international law was violated in one case, but the appeal was too late. Another story is on a former prosectutor who is critical of Gov. Ryan's moratorium on executions.

posted by steve rhodes on 8/11/2000 4:21:24 PM | link for this item

Wednesday, August 9, 2000

Texas is scheduled to execute two people today. It isn't getting much attention. The death penalty is just so pre-philly con. The New York Times ran a story, Executing the Mentally Retarded Even as Laws Begin to Shift and an More Texas Executions. But there won't be the coverage or scrutiny the Gary Graham case received.

You can email Bush to express your opinion. The Times also recently did a piece on the use the web by prisoners. Strangely, it didn't include any URLs.

Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow) did a piece on the Republican Convention for the latest Village Voice, This Purposeful World. Dan has put up pictures he took (some of which are reflected in the voice piece).
posted by steve rhodes on 8/9/2000 2:03:57 AM | link for this item

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