Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the r...

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In April, I blogged about the legal controversy over whether a convicted prisoner awaiting execution has a right to be competent during the...

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Ex-warden of hardscrabble San Quentin to direct abolitionist Death Penalty Focus Jeanne Woodford is joining Death Penalty Focus, a nonprof...