The Hurricane, Pts. 2-99
Looks like yet another judge is saying out loud what they've all known for years: The Federal Justice Department's tactic of seeking the death penalty whenever it's possible is totally fucked.
"In the past decade, substantial evidence has emerged to demonstrate that innocent individuals are sentenced to death, and undoubtedly executed, much more often than previously understood," the judge, Mark L. Wolf of Federal District Court in Boston, wrote in a decision allowing a capital case to proceed to trial. He cited the exonerations of more than 100 people on death row based on DNA and other evidence.
Another 5 of these guys crying foul, and the federal court circuit will be on path to actually make a case for ending executions.
The New York Times has the whole story.