Don't Give Alberto Gonzales the Power to Speed Up Executions

It seems that the Bush administration has concluded that it hasn't killed enough young Americans in Iraq, so it needs to kill more here.

From Act for Change

"Don't Give Alberto Gonzales the Power to Speed Up Executions."

"When Congress re-authorized the Patriot Act in 2005, death penalty supporters slipped in a provision intended to speed up appeals in federal death penalty cases. Under the proposed new system, individual states could apply directly to the U.S. Attorney General -- rather than to the courts, as is current law -- for fast-track procedures. These procedures would limit review of death penalty cases in federal court, and give the Attorney General the sole power to decide whether individual states are providing adequate counsel for defendants in death penalty cases."