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In 2024, executions ‘in the heart of Dixie’ still rely on Jim Crow

Criminal Justice Reform, Death Penalty, Justice, Racial Justice / By Don Siegelman / 03/18/2024

From The Hill On Jan. 25, Alabama’s governor approved killing Kenneth Smith by nitrogen gas — something the United Nations said ”will likely violate the prohibition on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment” in violation of International Human Rights Law. Alabama’s use of an experimental method of execution is an outrage. But what is more […]

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We oversaw executions as governor. We regret it.

Criminal Justice Reform, Death Penalty, Excessive Punishment, Racial Justice, Wrongful Conviction / By Don Siegelman / 05/23/2023

From: Washington Post: Opinion By Robert Bentley and Don Siegelman (Washington Post staff illustration; iStock) Robert Bentley, a Republican, served as governor of Alabama from 2011 to 2017. Don Siegelman, a Democrat, was governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Alabama has 167 people on death row, a greater number per capita than in any other state.

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Grand Jury Reform: Extend the Right to Counsel to targets and victims

Criminal Justice Reform, Racial Justice / By Don Siegelman / 05/27/2022

Clearly, an indictment is a critical stage of a criminal proceeding. Targets of a grand jury and victims should have a right to counsel. Why? Grand juries are a secret proceeding. Prosecutors have free reign. There’s no judge or a lawyer for the target or victim’s family. Because of the 1976 ruling of the U.S.

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In 2024, executions ‘in the heart of Dixie’ still rely on Jim Crow

We oversaw executions as governor. We regret it.

Grand Jury Reform: Extend the Right to Counsel to targets and victims

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