The Death Penalty Appeals Process

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This paper reviews and analyzes the death penalty appeals process. The paper discusses the arguments that exist both for against and the long process that characterizes court appeal of a sentence of the death penalty.

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Introduction
Critical Analysis of Death Penalty Appeals Process
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"The appeals process as related to the appeal of being sentenced to death is a long procedure which takes many years to transverse through. The inherent problem exists in that the government is responsible for feeding, housing, clothing and providing medical care for the individual who is on death row waiting out the appeals process however, that problem is much easier overcome than other problems associated with the death penalty itself. One of these problems is illustrated in the failure of courts to focus attention upon evidence at the time it presented itself but have instead taken the lives of innocent individuals not guilty of the crimes for which they were sentenced to die and then finally put to death."

Sample of Sources Used:

• The Amnesty International work entitled: "Clemency Granted in 1,000th planned execution; moral debates widespread. Amnesty International USA 2005 November. Online available at: http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/archive/2005/11/
• Dieter, Richard (1997) Innocence and the Death Penalty: The Increasing Danger of Execution the Innocent http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=45&did=292
• Ohio State University Case Study (1999) Survey Research Center at Ohio State University. Online available at: http://www.truthinjustice.org/ohiostate.htm..

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