[WCADP-list] Elmore loses in State Supreme Court; Candidates opinion on the death penalty

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1.  WA State Supreme Court Denies Clark Elmore's Petition
 
2.  A New Resource:  The 2008 Candidates and the Death Penalty
 
 
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1.  WA State Supreme Court Denies Clark Elmore's Petition
 
The Washington State Supreme Court chose today, the day before Thanksgiving,
to uphold the death sentence of Clark Elmore.  Elmore is the third defendant
to have his case denied in fairly quick succession by the Washington State
Supreme Court over the past few months.   While we were hopeful that
dissenting language in the 5 to 4 ruling in Davya Cross' case might herald a
more thoughtful court with respect to this issue, they instead seem to have
taken a hard turn against death penalty petitioners with two consecutive 6
to 1 rulings.  (The other case also denied recently was that of Darold
Yates.)  
 
More news on Elmore's appeal will follow.
 
The Court's ruling is at:
http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/index.cfm?fa=opinions.showOpinion
<http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/index.cfm?fa=opinions.showOpinion&filenam
e=702331MAJ> &filename=702331MAJ
 
The dissenting opinion is at:
www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/index.cfm?fa=opinions.showOpinion
<http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/index.cfm?fa=opinions.showOpinion&filenam
e=702331Di1> &filename=702331Di1
 
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2.  A New Resource:  The 2008 Candidates and the Death Penalty
 
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty has put together a
non-partisan report reviewing each presidential candidates position on the
death penalty.  The report is now available in PDF format on our website at:
 
www.abolishdeathpenalty.org/Resources.htm
 
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