SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Gov. Bill Richardson, who has supported capital punishment, signed legislation to repeal New Mexico's death penalty, calling it the ''most difficult decision in my political life.''

1

1

Things You Should Know: Juries Have the Right (and Power) to Nullify Bad Law

The primary function of the independent juror is not, as many think, to dispense punishment to fellow citizens accused of breaking various laws, but rather to protect fellow citizens from tyrannical abuses of power by government.

22

21

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday that it would decide whether President George W. Bush can order the indefinite imprisonment in the United States of an al Qaeda suspect without charging him.

3

6

So was that a triumph of justice in a Durham courtroom the other day? Perhaps so -- but a triumph that occurred only because for seven long years prior to Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson's bombshell ruling, justice was dragged through the mud.

6

7

Bill of Rights Debate, Sixth Amendment - Part 6 of a 10 Part Series

Sixth Amendment:

4

12

According to one Judge presiding over a case where a men deemed an "enemy combatant" has been held since 2002 and as of yet to receive a trial has declared that the 6th Amendment does not protect American citizens from being indefinitely held.

2

0

Most people are still under the quaint assumption that you can't be punished for a crime for which you've been acquitted.

4

0