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Death penalty panel says changes should apply to lesser cases
Monday, April 22, 2002
CHICAGO -- As the governor's commission on the death penalty contemplated reforms to the system, a troubling question lingered in the background: Why shouldn't defendants facing life in prison, or lesser sentences for that matter, benefit from the fixes being proposed for capital cases?
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