NATION : Rehnquist Assails Execution Delays
<i> From Times staff and wire service reports </i>
DENVER —
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist called today for reform in a death penalty system that he said invites delays in executions that extend for years.
In a speech to the American Bar Assn., Rehnquist acknowledged that federal courts have overturned many state convictions in death-penalty cases. The NAACP legal defense and educational fund says about 40% of state death penalty convictions and sentences are overturned by federal courts.
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