среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Prosecutors back Death Row reforms

SPRINGFIELD Illinois prosecutors on Tuesday proposed nine ways toimprove the system under which capital punishment is imposed, butthey denied that the current method is flawed.

The Illinois State's Attorney's association adopted many of therecommendations made by five other groups studying what led courts tofree 11 Death Row inmates - two in February alone - after newevidence arose or cases unraveled.

Recommendations include minimum qualifications for defenseattorneys as well as increased state funding for defense lawyers,their investigators and expert witnesses."The laws and Constitution of Illinois are not foolishly writtenas though it is impossible to be wrongly …

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