All News

4WardEverUK

Care assessed after police custody death in Warwickshire

originally published by: BBC News
published: 7th September 2010

Care for a man who collapsed in police custody and died was below the standard expected, an investigation has found.

It said Sean Walsh, 42, was taken in 2008 to the Warwickshire Justice Centre in Nuneaton and assessed as being unfit for questioning as he was intoxicated. The Independent Police Complaints Commission added officers did not seek medical advice at appropriate times.

Warwickshire Police said it had reacted quickly to recommendations identified through the IPCC investigation process. It added that one officer had had a written warning and another had received formal words of advice, but no actions taken by the force could have prevented the death.

Continue reading

4WardEverUK

The cruel and unusual punishment of Teresa Lewis

Teresa Lewis

originally published by: ChicagoPressRelease.com
22nd August 2010

On 23 September, 40-year-old Teresa Lewis will become the first woman to be executed in the state of Virginia for almost a century. She’ll also be the first woman put to death in the US since 2005.

Considering that, in the intervening five years, around 220 men will have been executed, it puts it into perspective: executing women is unusual. Of more than 1,200 executions carried out since the US supreme court reinstated capital punishment in 1976, only 11 were of women. And each time that happens, it’s stunningly bad PR for an increasingly unpopular facet of the American justice system.

Continue reading