The Supreme Court upheld Alabama's capital-sentencing system in 1995.
Pennsylvania's capital sentencing system is "error prone, expensive, and anything but infallible," says Mr Wolf.
The sentencing system should be reformed radically to deal more fairly with female offending.
The commission's preliminary report contains many valuable recommendations for fixing the sentencing system as a whole.
Lane's contribution to a sound sentencing system and his sensitivity to penal policy was not confined to judicial activity.
This would result in a bifurcated sentencing system, whereby imprisonment was largely reserved for only serious sexual and violent offenders.
But adopting a one-size-fits-all sentencing system makes no more sense than releasing criminals without adequate information.
"Two generations ago, in the 1960s and 1970s, our country had the wholly discretionary sentencing system Holder admires.
Under the deal, Mr. Lindh must serve almost all of the sentence, largely because there is no parole in the federal sentencing system.
Moore said there were "grave flaws" in Alabama's sentencing system when a person could be sentenced to life without parole for a non-violent drug offense.
Some complain that defendants could end up serving longer sentences under Mr. Pataki's sentencing system if they get an unsympathetic judge.
