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Elisabeth Semel: The Death Penalty Clinic

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Elisabeth Semel - How to Abolish the Death Penalty

02 min 59 sec

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Elisabeth Semel, director of the Death Penalty Clinic at Berkeley Law School, describes the Supreme Court decisions which first outlawed and then reinstated the U.S. death penalty.

Semel outlines the legal steps necessary to abolish the death penalty nationwide.
Elisabeth Semel on the Execution of Jose Medellin

01 min 54 sec

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Elisabeth Semel, a death penalty expert, describes the procedural infractions in Jose Medellin's legal case.

Semel relates that Medellin was executed in Texas despite an order from the International Court of Justice.
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Michael A. Thompson

Posted: 12.19.08, 05:57 PM

Lets see, use valuable resources to house a murderer in relative comfort (Compared to most people in the world.) for the rest of his life or..... use those same resources to buy medicine for literally HUNDREDS of dieing innocent children in Africa! Factor in opportunity costs people! Resources used to house the worthless are resources not being used to help those who actually need and/or deserve it.