The Medford, Oregon, Mail Tribune has this op-ed by David Delgado, a sophomore at Stanford. Delgado is outraged by the case of Horacio Reyes-Camarena, who was sentenced to death for stabbing two sisters he met at a farm labor camp, killing one of them. That was 13 years ago, and Reyes-Camarena is still on Oregon's death row. At one point he was even going to get a kidney transplant, something many innocent people die while waiting for.

Although not directly addressed by the article, the problem here is the length of capital appeals. A judgment rendered in 1996 should have been executed by 2001. While the Constitution requires medical care for the incarcerated, none is required for the executed. (Hat tip: SL&P)