Century Foundation's Best and Worst of 2007: Law and Order -- by Niko Karvounis.

AScribe Law News Service, January, 2008

Byline: The Century Foundation

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Niko Karvounis, Program Assistant at The Century Foundation.

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Law and order had an interesting year in 2007. No, not the television drama; I mean those developments that made our nation safer and more just - and those that didn't.

The Good

The death penalty lost a lot of momentum in 2007, with last year seeing the fewest executions (42) since 1996. In the fall, the Supreme Court inched toward a "creeping moratorium" on capital punishment as it began preparing to hear a (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/17/national/main3624792.shtmlhttp:/www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/nyregion/11death.html?hp ) abolish the death...

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