Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 19, 2006 18:19:08 GMT -5
UND professor says appeal process in death penalty cases takes...
Sep 18 2006 9:03AM
Associated Press
UND professor says appeal process in death penalty cases takes
years
(Doug Barrett, KNOX, Grand Forks)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) A University of North Dakota law
professor says death penalty appeals can take years.
Gregory Gordon says there have been only three executions since
1963 stemming from federal prosecution. He says one was Timothy
McVeigh, who agreed to waive part of his appeal process.
Jurors in Fargo are considering whether to sentence Alfonso
Rodriguez Junior to death or to life in prison for the killing of
Dru Sjodin (shuh-DEEN'). His attorneys could finish calling their
witnesses today in the penalty phase of the trial, and Judge Ralph
Erickson says jurors could get the case by midweek.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Sep 18 2006 9:03AM
Associated Press
UND professor says appeal process in death penalty cases takes
years
(Doug Barrett, KNOX, Grand Forks)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) A University of North Dakota law
professor says death penalty appeals can take years.
Gregory Gordon says there have been only three executions since
1963 stemming from federal prosecution. He says one was Timothy
McVeigh, who agreed to waive part of his appeal process.
Jurors in Fargo are considering whether to sentence Alfonso
Rodriguez Junior to death or to life in prison for the killing of
Dru Sjodin (shuh-DEEN'). His attorneys could finish calling their
witnesses today in the penalty phase of the trial, and Judge Ralph
Erickson says jurors could get the case by midweek.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)