Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 2, 2008
Death Ruling Reveals Differing Views on the Role of Judges
Forum Column - By Hirbod Rashidi - The Supreme Court's recent death penalty ruling, with its multiple opinions, revealed how the justices see their roles as judges.
By Hirbod Rashidi
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In the weeks leading to the Supreme Court's decision in Baze v. Rees, 553 U.S. __ (2008), the ABA Journal quoted attorney Thomas Goldstein, who said that the current round of litigation over the death penalty - dealing with the constitutionality of lethal injection as administered - "doesn't advance the goal of abolition one inch." I criticized this stateme...
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