A morning of capital consideration

With thanks again to Howard Bashman at How Appealing for many of the links, I provide this morning a lot of coverage on death penalty developments:

• Providing follow-up coverage of the topic covered in this post noting a decline in death sentences, there is interesting and thoughtful analysis and commentary from the Christian Science Monitor and the Denver Post.

• Providing buzz about the penalty phase of Scott Peterson’s capital trial (previously discussed here), there are interesting analyses from the SF Chronicle and the Contra Costa Times, as well as from TalkLeft here.

• Providing additional commentary on the actions of AG nominee Alberto Gonzales when advising then-Governor Bush on clemency decision in Texas (previously discussed here), Alan Berlow has this commentary in the Washington Post.