Subject: Death Penalty Information Center

• 2008 Death Penalty Stats Prove Old Man Nash is Hardly the Only One Avoiding Execution

  The folks at the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington D.C. sent us their informative year-end report in the aftermath of our recent piece on 93-year-old Viva Leroy Nash, the senior member of death row here in Arizona and nationwide. It shows that U.S. executions are down more than 60 pecent compared to nine years ago.  (At left is a photo of murderer Robert Comer, who died by lethal injection in Florence on May 22, 2007, the only legal execution in A

  December 16, 2008

• It's No Consolation to the Families of Local Cops Who've Died, but Cop Killings by Gunfire Dropped Big-Time in '08

  The Death Penalty Information Center out of Washington D.C. sends along a feel-good statistic from 2008: The number of cops killed nationally by gunfire in the recently completed year dropped to its lowest level in about half a century. Of course, that's no consolation for the loved ones of 33-year-old Phoenix police officer Nick Erfle (pictured), shot and killed on September 18, 2007, after he and his partner approached two women and a man who were jaywalking and obstructi

  January 6, 2009

• Awards of the State

  Rubin wins the Arizona Press Club's top honor for the third time. And the rest of the staff did pretty well, too

  May 11, 2006