Require judge and jury to witness executions
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The judge and jury who sentence a defendant to death should have to witness the sentence's fulfillment, as they did in NY in 1842, as chronicled by Charles Dickens. Such a requirement would restore a measure of historical fidelity, an item often propounded by death-penalty advocates, and would surely lead to fewer death sentences, an unmitigated good. It would make the audience more conscious of the consequences of their actions, and create an informed body of citizenry, shaping public debate.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Death penalty adds to our tax burdens
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The death penalty adds to taxpayers' burdens for many reasons. These include more cases going to trial; the public usually footing the bill for both sides of a capital cases since most of these defendants are indigent and require public defenders; paying for experts, paying for both the guilt phase, the penalty phase and post-conviction remedies in a capital trial, and paying for appellate review after post-conviction remedies have been exhausted.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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U.S. help to art claimants sets a poor legal precedent
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A Jewish family claimed an Egon Schiele painting belonging to them but claimed by Austria's Leopold Foundation was plundered by the Nazis in World War II and a New York court used a subpoena to keep that painting in this country rather than letting it make a long-promised trip to Europe for a museum show. Government intervention rather than letting claimants prove ownership in court sets bad legal precedent.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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