More Judges Dissent on Behalf of Death Row Inmates - NYTimes.com

It took just 80 words for a federal appeals court to deny Kevin Cooper�s most recent plea to avoid execution. But attached to that order was a forceful 101-page dissent by a judge, all but pleading to spare Mr. Cooper�s life.


It's true - judges, many of whom are former prosecutors, are simply becoming rubber stamps for D.A.s. It often takes defendants years and more intelligent higher court judges to reverse errors.