News and Developments 2003: Federal Death Penalty

CMFE's letter to President Bush urging an immediate moratorium on all federal executions

Posted: February 11, 2003
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Citizens for a Moratorium On Federal Executions
Citizens for a Moratorium On Federal Executions, a Washington-based group of prominent death penalty opponents, sent President Bush a letter on June 4, 2001 urging him to impose an immediate moratorium on all federal executions.

Here is the full text of the letter:

Judge Rakoff's preliminary ruling in the Quinones case

Posted: January 09, 2003
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Rakoff.html UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ALAN QUINONES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7320

April 25, 2002, Decided
April 25, 2002, Filed


U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: United States v. Quinones

Posted: January 09, 2003
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 UPDATE: Quinones and his co-defendant were sentenced to life imprisonment. (New York Times, Jan. 2, 2005)

Statement of Senator Feingold on the Federal Death Penalty Study

Posted: January 02, 2003
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Feingold - STATEMENT ON THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM STATEMENT ON THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM

DPIC Summary of "The Federal Death Penalty Sytem: A Statistical Survey"

Posted: January 02, 2003
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THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM:
A STATISTICAL SURVEY
(1988-2000)

A Summary of the Report on the Federal Death Penalty
by the Death Penalty Information Center

 

Federal Death Row Prisoners old

Posted: January 02, 2003
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Updated Sept.

Federal Laws Providing for the Death Penalty

Posted: January 02, 2003
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8 U.S.C. 1342 Murder related to the smuggling of aliens.
18 U.S.C.