Stanford prof argues view before top court
A Stanford University law professor urged the Supreme Court to keep capital punishment banned, arguing all post-1972 death penalty laws are unconstitutional. Anthony Amsterdam, representing the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, cited racial and judicial discretion concerns as justices considered two Texas and Louisiana death cases.
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Death row inmate backs capital punishment in others cases
Charles William Proffitt, a Florida death row inmate awaiting a Supreme Court ruling, says he supports the death penalty in general but not for his own case. He argues justice favors the rich and poor differently, and laments his pleas and innocence while reflecting on the 1973 killing of wrestling coach Joel Medgebow during a burglary. He fled, was recaptured, extradited, and sentenced to death after a jury recommended electrocution.
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