The Death Penalty
...ital punishment. Dow, who teaches at the University of Houston Law Center and founded the Texas Innocence Network, provides case histories illustrating serious flaws in the death penalty system. [ More ] POSSIBLE INNOCENCE: DNA Evidence Could Free Man From Arizona's Death Row Posted: April 22, 2005 An Arizona court has overturned the conviction of death row inmate Clarence Hill because of new DNA evidence. The court noted that, "It is more likely than not that no reasonable juror would have convicted Mr. Hill in light of the present DNA evidence." Hill has spent 15 years on death row for the murder of his landlord, but new DNA tests have revealed that the victim was not the source of the blood found on Hill's clothing and bedsheets during the investigation. The blood was used as evidence in the state's case against Hill. [ More ] Nebraska Supreme Court to Hear Electric Chair Challenge Posted: April 21, 2005 The Nebraska Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the state's use of the electric chair is cruel and unusual punishment. The case, brought by death row inmate Carey Dean Moore, will be heard on May 5. Every other death penalty state has adopted lethal injection as an alternative method of execution. A bill to offer lethal injection in Nebraska remains stalled in the state's Senate Judiciary Committee. [ More ] Attorneys Seek DNA Testing In Case of Executed Texas Man Posted: April 20, 2005 Attorney Barry Scheck plans to ask Texas Governor Rick Perry to order DNA testing in the case of Claude Jones, who maintained his innocence until his execution in December 2000. Sche...