Federal Death Penalty Prosecutions Increasing


Even as states back away from the death penalty, federal capital prosecutions have increased. The US Attorneys who favor capital punishment find support in the Bush administration's Justice Department.

The Justice Department is out for blood in Brooklyn's federal courthouse, where three death penalty trials are underway.
A fourth capital trial involving a triple-murder defendant has opened in Manhattan federal court as well.
"It's totally unprecedented to have two, let alone four cases going on at one time in one city," said Kevin McNally, a death penalty expert.

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2007/1/15/19014/1994

Posted: Mon - January 15, 2007 at 03:15 PM          

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