death penalty Archive
ayin tachat ayinJury selection is underway in Boston for the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. I took the jury survey and won’t qualify to serve for two reasons: I was a block and a half from the second explosion and under …
Image via Although the death penalty is on the decline in the United States, the case of James Rhodes highlights the ethical quagmire facing forensic psychiatrists and psychologists whose evaluations contribute whether persons with intellectual disabilities convicted of murder will live or die. In addition to …
Final Words: 517 executed prisoners of Texas Death Row share their last words. It’s time to listen! This is not a typical SCSJ blog post. I am speaking to you as one person to another, not in my professional capacity …
By: Celia B. Fisher, Ph.D. In light of the recent botched execution in Oklahoma, the nation’s attention has turned once again to the ethics of the death penalty. While this particular case highlights the role of criminal justice administrators in …
In response to the recent conversation about the costs of incarceration and costs of the death penalty, I want to offer the attached report from the Death Penalty Information Center, a national non-profit organization serving the media and the public with …