91.   Most states, although they put massive resources into prosecuting capital cases, put virtually none into guaranteeing an adequate defense.

92.   More recently, as an increasingly conservative Court grew impatient with the long delays in capital cases, it has reined in the writ.

93.   Minorities fare particularly poorly in capital cases.

94.   Neither are capital cases the bounty they once were.

95.   Nebraska law also requires judges to measure a capital case against comparable cases to ensure that the sentence is not wildly out of sync.

96.   New York state has set up a special Capital Defense Unit with experienced lawyers who specialize only in capital cases.

97.   No Jasper County attorneys are certified to try capital cases.

98.   Now, lawyers for Heatley have sought to have the charges dropped, accusing prosecutors of using the information their client provided to build a capital case against him.

99.   On Friday, a Sullivan County judge presiding in a capital case made a similar ruling.

100.   Of course, federal capital cases are only a small part of the overall debate over the death penalty.