The Death Penalty Information Center has released its year end report for 2009. According to DPIC, 2009 has seen the fewest death sentence since the United States Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. The report also states that there were 9 death row exonerations in 2009. Read the report here.
Archive for December, 2009
Andy Silverman, U of A law professor and President of the Arizona Capital Representation Project’s Board of Directors, recently assisted in the exoneration of an innocent man convicted of rape and murder. Andy’s client was convicted in Washington, D.C. and spent 28 years in the federal prison in Tucson, AZ.
Read the Washington Post article here.
