So in other words, one has to assume that if X percent of people would have been executed but for DNA evidence where DNA evidence is available, then probably a similar amount of pe...
The writ of habeas corpus is one of the most fundamental safeguards in our Constitution to prevent the imprisonment and ...
The death penalty is our society's most severe and permanent punishment.
We need to pass the 'Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act,' and quickly, before another potentially innocent American is ...
I would hate to see us completely eviscerate a State's rights to impose punishment.
we are laying the groundwork for comprehensive reform of Federal habeas corpus.
this bill will fix the law as it stands to protect innocent Americans from execution.
I believe we should revisit the restrictions placed on the habeas petitions of death row inmates in the Antiterrorism an...
This is not only unacceptable, but it undermines the very integrity of our criminal justice system.
I thank Chairman Nadler for holding this important hearing and for his indispensable assistance in helping to develop H....
Saying that we shouldn't change something because Congress did it is never a good argument, because we are always changi...