By Jonathan Turley
Sunday, June 24, 2007;

It was an extraordinary scene when Michael B. Nifong, the district attorney in Durham, N.C., took the stand to defend his law license after his failed crusade to convict innocent Duke University lacrosse players of gang rape. He had no more success with his own defense. After being disbarred for "dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation," he was suspended from his job last week and now faces a possible lawsuit in civil court.

This Campaign has the support of:

Simon's MP Chris Mole, Bob Russell MP for Colchester, Tony Wright MP for Great Yarmouth, a Forensics Expert from Oxford University, "Innocent" Organisation, MOJO, Private Eye magazine and the general public.

Simon Hall was convicted of the murder of Joan Albert in 2001 in Capel St Mary but he is innocent...

He was jailed in 2002 on the basis of flawed evidence. It is time to get him out

The Death Penalty Deterrence Myth: No Solid Evidence That Killing Stops The Killing

Among the many factors in the debate about the death penalty is whether capital punishment deters violent crime. Although solid research indicates that there is no valid evidence of such deterrence, recent attention has been given to a few flawed studies concluding that the death penalty does deter murder.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A defendant will avoid the death penalty if only one juror believes the suspect has shown he or she is mentally retarded, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.

Raleigh News Observer By The Associated Press
June 18, 2007

RALEIGH, N.C. -- House Democrats on Monday night stopped, for the second time, a Republican effort to allow executions to resume in North Carolina. Supporters of capital punishment wanted a floor vote on an amendment to a North Carolina doctor licensing bill