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The death sentence of Stephen Todd Booker was overturned because the jury did not look at all mitigating evidence. Booker was before convicted of beating, raping, and stabbing a 94 year old woman.

This Newsweek article uses the failed death row appeal of Warren McClesky by the Supreme Court to bring up complicated issues surrounding capital punishment. Writers argue that the Supreme Court and most in the legal system admit there is racial bias…

A magazine article that discusses capital punishment in America and how lawyers are trying to get rid of it.

David Funchess was the first U.S. Vietnam Vet to be executed by a state.

An article on the execution of juveniles in the state of Florida by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Attorney Jim Green supports a bill filed by Rep. James Burke that would overturn Florida's law which allows judges to issue death sentences against juries' recommendations.

Opinion editorial by Michael Mello about changing the process for declaring someone legally insane or incompetent.