The Headlines
A lot is happening on the death penalty front both in the US and across the world. Below are some of the articles featured today.
Verdict in Vermont Death Penalty Trial: Death
BURLINGTON, Vt. --A federal jury ruled Thursday that Donald Fell should be put to death for kidnapping and killing a supermarket worker, in the state's first capital punishment trial in nearly a half-century.
Romney Testifies in Favor of State Death Penalty
BOSTON --Gov. Mitt Romney insisted on Thursday that no innocent people would be executed under his plan to return the death penalty to Massachusetts, but acknowledged that he could not guarantee that the plan would be completely foolproof.
Countries Retaining Death Penalty Fail to Give Details of Executions, UN Says
Despite calls to countries retaining capital punishment to be transparent about their executions, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's latest report on the use of the death penalty worldwide laments the absence of a full accounting for death sentences and their consequences.
Posted by beth at 10:19 AM
Comments
I am so intrigued by this death penalty system in Massachusetts that insists that "no innocent people would be executed". Let's laugh together. Come on. How can you guarantee that when the system is so flawed?
Posted by: angela at July 15, 2005 11:56 AM
No innocent person will be executed except when fools are involved. A comforting thought.
The article neglects to mention why Romney is in favor of the death penalty.
Posted by: jean at August 3, 2005 02:46 PM
There is quite a bit of factually incorrect information on the Massachusetts page of this website. For more reliable information on the death penalty in Massachusetts, visit:
Mass. Citizens Against the Death Penalty
No DP in Mass.
Posted by: Charles Wilton at January 26, 2006 09:27 AM
