The Judge as Lynch Mob.(Alabama judges)
American Prospect, The, May, 2001 by SILVERSTEIN, KEN
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How Alabama judges use judicial overrides to disregard juries and impose death sentences.
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As any student of the death penalty in America knows, the chance that a person charged with a capital crime will live or die depends greatly on race, social class, and--perhaps most important--where the alleged crime was committed. First and foremost is the question of whether the defendant comes to court in one of the 38 states where capital punishment is on the books. If he (or occasionally she) does, the outcome will differ greatly state by state and county by county, depending chiefly ...
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