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Monday, April 15, 2002


Death is Different

The great state of Illinois agrees with the Bohica:

A panel formed after Gov. George Ryan halted executions two years ago recommended changes Monday aimed at keeping innocent people off death row, including videotaped police interrogations, a DNA database, and a ban on executing defendants convicted on testimony from a single eyewitness.

The panel did not call for an end to capital punishment, but a narrow majority of the 14 commission members said it should end because changes could not guarantee that innocent people would not be executed.

"The message from this report is clear. Repair or repeal. Fix the capital punishment system or abolish it," said Thomas Sullivan, a former U.S. attorney and co-chairman of the panel.

Full ABC article here.

A more detailed treatment from the NY Times here.

The actual report here.