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JEREMY RICHARDSON  

"Just try to imagine yourself in his position! How would you feel if you had been deprived of your freedom, even worse, stripped off your basic rights as a human being?"

In Defense of Justice: Why America Should Not Relinquish the Death Penalty

Revisiting an original article I wrote on the subject

Another inmate has confessed to the crime of murder, yet an innocent man awaits execution on Texas Death Row

This article discusses one of the many alternatives to Capital Punishment.

These sre some questions that we all should be asking

Annette has been a long time prison reformist, and abolitionist and has created several Myspaces for her causes

The dealth penaly is allowed in thirty eight states.While a person is sentenced to death, it is more likely they will die of natural causes.

From the moral issues to the mistakes made, the death penalty in this country just isn't viable anymore. What I think and why.

Kenneth Foster Jr. 999232, An inmate on Texas Death Row was sentenced under the Law of Parties. Here is his interview with The Abolishment Movement. He speaks about his life, his conviction, and his views on politics.

Is the Death Penalty justice or just us?

An assessment of the reliability of our justice system with statistics regarding innocent people on death row, DPICs "Innocence List," some case studies and quotes from people in the industry.

The long lasting debate about the death penalty may be an issue that is never truly decided. The death penalty laws have been established as far back as the eighteenth century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi in Babylon

This paper explores the reasons for abolishing the death penalty.

This is a response to a 1985 article in the New Republic by former New York City mayor Edward I. Koch advocating the death penalty.

I talked earlier about the death penalty and the moral and legal issues behind them. Let's look a little deeper at what people expect and what is reality.

On March 26th , The U. S Supreme Court announced that it would take into consideration the increasing national consensus against capital punishment for mentally retarded killers.

Death penalty opponents place too much emphasis on this life, and too little on the next.

Why isn't capital punishment effective in deterring crime? Perhaps due to a lack of several elements that will make it effective.

Capital punishment is used less and less as Americans questions its fairness and accuracy.

There are many critics of capital punishment who claim it is "inhuman and cruel punishment."

Having a punishment that leave no room for error with in a society can be dangerous, if the person being executed is in fact innocent there is no way to reverse it. The system doesn't always work a fact that is becoming more and more obvious.

this is an interview with Jason Burkett many of you that have read articles on Michael Perry will be familiar with Jason only he has yet to really be heard, this is his story in his words.

In People v. Anderson, 6 Cal . 3d 628, 493 P.2d 880, 100 Cal Rptr. 152 (1972), the California Supreme Courtinvalidated the death penalty as unconstitutionally "cruel or unusual punishment" in the spring of 1972. The whys!

As not yet has there been found an other way of fulfilling the rule of punishment in society, and it is most likely to never happen, prison will remain an effective and educative punishment as any other.

Theories from Jason Burkett as it relates to the murders of Sandra Stotler, Adam Stotler, and Jeremy Richardson

The administration of a fatal dose of drugs was considered more humane than other methods used over the years. The fact is, whether this deemed excruciatingly painful or not, the inmate is sentenced to death.

Crime and Punishment is Dostoyevski's masterpiece about a killer haunted by guilt and paranoia. It is also a terrific example of how society helps to create criminals.

The players in the fight for truth fpr Michael Perry and Jason Burkett

Revisiting of my original series on the Stotler/Richardson Murders

Revisiting of my original series on the Stotler/Richardson Murders

Revisiting of my original investigative series on the Stotler/Richardson Murders

Revisiting of my original series on the Stotler/Richardson Murders

Revisting of my original series on the Stotler/Richardson Murders

Revisting of my original series on the Stotler/Richardson murders

Revisting of my series on the Stotler/Richardson Murders

Revisting of my series on the Stotler/Richardson Murders

Revisting of my original series on the Stotler/Richardson Murders

Revisiting a article I wrote earlier in reference to Michael Perry

Revisitng of my original investigative series

Follow-up article on DA Michael McDougal

people dont only grieve when a person passes from this life to another, we greive for lost friendships, loss of freedoms and yes we grieve when we see little hope.

I met a mother and a father who has their only son on death row. I felt their pain and their disgust with the whole system

A series of studies indicate that the death penalty deters potential murderers, although advocates for the abolition of the death penalty have disputed the results of the studies.

The death penalty actually increases criminal activity and does not serve as a deterrant.

This article examines the various court decisions and reasoning given in those decisions to uphold the death penalty.

To resolve problems of cruelty with the death penalty the NC State Legislature required a doctor to monitor the prisoner. The State Medical Board determined that a doctor cannot participate in the execution due to their oath.

New Jersey's Legislation to abolish the Death Penalty has been a hot debate item. This has been a sore subject for many in the state including the family of Megan Kanka, who was murdered, raped and beaten by convicted child rapist, Jesse Timmendequas, in 1994.

Learning that the Legislature will vote on a Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty bring great pain and anxiety to many victims and their families

An International Court ruled that a murderer on death row in Texas should be extradited to his native country that has no death penalty. The U.S. Supreme Court denied his extradition. Good.

Eight death row inmates, including Jesse Timmendequas, a sex offender who murdered 7-year-old Megan Kanka in 1994 were spared when New Jersey becomes the first state in 42 years to abolish the death penalty.

California has one of the highest death penalty convictions but one of the lowest actual executions. Death Row life is humbrum at best

Darrell Grayson was executed in the State of Alabana after being held on death row for 25 years. Are you for or against the death penalty?

New Jersey has abolished the death penalty, does that really change things in New Jersey?

It may seem contradictory to keep abortion legal and to make the death penalty illegal, but if you take another look it might make more sense than you originally thought.

The question on which people answer on the basis of gut reactions rather than logical reactions.

The death penalty has been a very controversial form of punishment even in its earliest days of existence. Many argue that applying the death penalty is a violation of the eighth amendment of the Bill of Rights of the fundamental United States Constitution.

I believe that the death penalty is better than the life sentence. We really need to get the death penalty in every state.

In California, the legal system is so backed up, there is a more likely chance that someone sentenced to death will die of natural causes rather than by lethal injection. This is ridiculous. Why do they even still have the death penalty?

The ongoing debate as to whether the death penalty is justified and a deterent to criminal activity, or a barbaric act in itself.

Patrick Kennedy was sentenced to death in the rape of an 8 year old little girl in 2003. He is now on death row.

Illinois governor George Ryan granted clemency to death row inmates

Article against the death penalty in Texas

The issue of the death penalty is one of the most controversial social issues in the present world. One of the controversies surrounding this issue is whether the death penalty contains a pattern of racial bias

The Death penalty needs to be reviewed often; human life is at stake

In support of Capital Punishment

This paper examines the history and future of the death penalty. It also examines high profile cases.

I've been Agnostic since elementary school and try my best to avoid the topic of religion, but when reading Jodi Picoult's book "Change of Heart," I found comfort in reading about the death penalty and other religious views.

New Jersey bans the death penalty, sparing the lives of eight men. Including child killer Jesse Timmendequas. Whats wrong with this state?

So many states have issues with the death penalty; New Jersey has even made progress towards actually implementing an abolishment of the death penalty. Court disputes concerning lethal injections have occurred in over six states.

With the video of Saddam Hussein's execution circulating the internet, we need to take a serious look at America's stance on the death penalty

With the sentence of death imposed upon Saddam Hussein and his subsequent hanging, there is the lingering question as to the morality issues associated with the death penalty. Is the death penalty really necessary?

The latest Gallup Poll shows a vast majority of Americans support the death penalty, with 69% of the participants saying yes when they were asked if they were in favor of the death penalty for a person who had been convicted of murder.

"People who commit worse crimes often don't get the death penalty if they have a better lawyer than people who commit less aggravated crimes." I feel that this is the major problem with the death penalty, and one that must be adressed.

The death penalty has been deemed an appropriate method of punishment as well as a deterrent of future crimes, and yet statistics and morality prove otherwise.

Whether for or against the death penalty the fact remains that this is an issue that will not be going away anytime soon.

What is right and what is wrong with the death penalty?

"I proposed long ago to end tax dollars for the Death Penalty. Just as anti war people are proposing now. I proposed this as a ballot initiative"

I started to cry and scream when they said he was guilty, me as a young mother of a 4 month old son at the time, I felt like my world was going to end and I had nothing else to live for.

As a result of a recent triple-murder in Kentucky, thousands of state residents are debating the value of the death penalty for the suspect as opposed to life without parole.

The death penalty is a huge issue as controversial as it has always been and is frequently a point of contention between the two major parties in the United States.

The Kentucky Supreme Court to hear arguments on wether a death row inmate has the right to ask to be executed.

The results of a recent Reuters Poll conducted by a group opposed to the death penalty finds that a majority of Americans favor the death penalty.

If Foster is executed, will his case bring pro death penalty opponents to the other side?

Sandie, is a prison rights advocate who will soon marry the man she fell in love with Chucky Mamou, by proxy.

The review of this landmark case could determine where they draw the line about mentally ill and the death sentence.

Are you aware of how much putting someone to death is? Can you fathom the thought of exonerating someone after they have been executed? Does your faith portray that killing someone who has killed is justified?

Deaf woman may get death for jealousy murder.

The penalty of death is the most severe, and controversial; of all penal laws in the United States. How can we as a nation reform this institution to better serve the needs of the people?

Lethal injection is the most common form of Capital Punishment, so why did it take nearly 2 hours for Ohio to complete the process? However, this isn't the first time that it's happened.

how ridiculous when murderers, rapists and child molesters are spared their miserable lives.

There is plenty of controversy surrounding the use of the death penalty (capital punishment) in the United States, but debating aside, it is still used in 25 states. What merits the death penalty in the United States, and how is it enforced?

This essay argues that, if the objective of criminal punishment is to stop further crime, then capital punishment for murderers accomplishes this perfectly, whereas imprisonment or banishment are highly flawed alternatives.

How can the United States call itself the foundation of democracy, the land of the free, and the model of liberty while advocating and promoting ethics and morality around the world and still seek a fatal vengeance on those that commit crimes?

in my paper i have both pro and con positions about capital punishment. and my own opinions that why captial punishment shoud be justified.

Is Capital Punishment just?

The Associated Press reports that the Louisiana Supreme Court has rejected an