Death Penalty

Civil Liberties Minute: Firing Squad
Here's a quick quiz on capital punishment: In 2010, what countries do you think still use a firing squad to execute a condemned prisoner?

ACLU First Amendment Minute: What is Texas Doing?
So what is the state of Texas doing in response to the finding that it executed an innocent man?

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Romell Broom
In September 2009, convicted murderer Romell Broom was strapped down on the execution gourney at the state prison in Lucasville, Ohio. For over 2 hours technicians tried to inject the lethal chemicals. The attempt to execute him failed.

ACLU First Amendment Minute: Cameron Todd Willingham
Cameron Todd Willingham's three young daughters all perished in a house fire in Corsicana, Texas. There was no justice in that. There was even less justice in what happened next.

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