The Constitution doesn't demand perfection. I think the court's going to accept something less than 100 percent perfection because they're not going to be willing to say we can't have a death penalty.
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Mental health will increasingly be reviewed. I think governors sense it's permissible to make these kinds of decisions. The death penalty is being debated everywhere.Richard Dieter
The thing that stands out to me is the breadth of the decline, ... I think if it were just one year or one of those numbers, it would be less consequential. What we're witnessing is a pullback from the death penalty across the country.
Richard Dieter
This is an issue that is ultimately going to have to be resolved by the Supreme Court. Because you're ultimately not likely ever going to have doctors in the execution chamber.
Richard Dieter
What's needed is some growing evidence from the states that they want to ban executing minors. More state governors and legislatures have to weigh in. They need some momentum in the next year or two for the justices to say, now is the time to decide this.
Richard Dieter
The assumption was that if an attorney could represent any criminal case, then they could do a death penalty case.
Richard Dieter
No one wants to see an innocent person executed, whichever side of the political aisle you're on.
Richard Dieter
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