ABA Launches Drive to Reform Death Penalty Representation
The American Bar Association will announce Friday that it is launching a drive to reform death penalty representation in states across America that authorize the punishment:
The American Bar Association is launching a nationwide campaign to reform defense systems in states that employ the death penalty.
"Time and time again we learn of cases where, due to inadequacies in defense, people are wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death," ABA President Dennis Archer said in a statement Thursday. "This is unacceptable in our society, and the American Bar Association aims to do something about it."
Archer planned to make his official announcement Friday at the Hofstra University School of Law, which will be holding a daylong conference on capital defense issues.
| < 250 Undocumented Workers Arrested in Walmart Probe | On Assignment > |