Posted by Amy Davidson
How much discretion—that is to say, arbitrariness—is
involved in the application of the death penalty? On Thursday, Duane Buck had
already eaten his last meal when he was told he wouldn’t die that night. At
that point, according to the A.P., he wastwo hours into a six-hour window when
he could have been taken to the death chamber. Texas officials, however, did
not move forward with the punishment while legal issues were pending.Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2011/09/duane-buck-death-penalty.html#ixzz1YET1uZoj
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