Cooper v. Brown (9th Cir. - May 11, 2009). W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge, dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc, joined by PREGERSON, REINHARDT, PAEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges: "The State of California may be about to execute an innocent man ..." [emphasis added]. See Cal. App. Report blog for explication.




This is where the death penalty gets tricky for me. In theory, I'm not totally opposed to executing a guilty party for an especially serious crime. It's just so hard to prove who did what. I certainly wouldn't want the wrong person to be punished.
Posted by: Joe | May 14, 2009 at 07:21 AM
i understand many people believe capital punishment is just and necessary: check out the trailer in the latest post, "Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead." (R. Blecker's faculty page is @ http://www.nyls.edu/faculty/faculty_profiles/robert_blecker
Posted by: brian | May 14, 2009 at 09:07 AM