Tag: military
Posted on Tue Aug 30, 2011 at 01:06:27 PM EST
Tags: military, death penalty (all tags)
McClatchy has a report today on the flaws in the military's death penalty system:
Of the 16 men sentenced to death since the military overhauled its system in 1984, 10 have been taken off death row. The military's appeals courts have overturned most of the sentences, not because of a change in heart about the death penalty or questions about the men's guilt, but because of mistakes made at every level of the military's judicial system.
Why?
The problems included defense attorneys who bungled representation, judges who didn't know how to properly instruct a jury and prosecutors who mishandled evidence....At almost every level - from trial to appeals - young, inexperienced lawyers routinely have been appointed to represent capital defendants.
McClatchy contrasts these cases with those of the 9/11 defendants: [More...]
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