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Legal experts say that considering McVeigh's admission of guilt, it would be unlikely for a court to grant a new trial, even if the new documents prove central to the case. Terry Nichols, on the other hand, has maintained his innocence. At trial he was convicted by a confused...
The change of heart may be most remarkable in Texas, where 40 people were put to death in 2000. So far this year, seven have been executed. Governor Rick Perry, Bush's Republican successor, recently signed a bill giving the accused access to state-paid DNA testing, the strongest such...
In March, another Florida jury sentenced14-year-old Lionel Tate, who killed a younger girl while practicing wrestling moves on her, to life in prison without parole. The concurrent Brazill and Tate trials served to heighten the public misconception that juvenile violent crime is on the rise; in fact, recent...
Closure for victims is one of the few arguments left to proponents of the death penalty. Studies show that it is not a deterrent, that it is disproportionately imposed on the poor and sometimes mistakenly so. Alongside mandatory life without parole, it may not even be the ultimate punishment. Is...
The story of Lionel Tate is doubly tragic. Tate, a 12-year-old boy, was convicted of maliciously beating six-year-old Tiffany Eunick to death earlier last month. As punishment, a Florida judge sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole.