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Brief • January 29, 2016
1st Amendment Coalition of Arizona v. Ryan, AZ, Amended Complaint, Midazolam Lethal Injection, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-01447-NVW Document 97 Filed 01/29/16 Page 1 of 60 1 JON M. SANDS Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona 2 DALE A. BAICH (OH Bar No. 0025070) dale_baich@fd.org 3 ROBIN C. KONRAD (AL Bar No. …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: Death Row
Alabama Prisoners Dying on Death Row, but by Natural Causes by David Reutter by David Reutter Prisoners are sent to death row to die for their crimes.  The shortages of drugs used for lethal injection has delayed executions, resulting in many death row prisoners dying from natural cases or suicide.  …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Opposition to the Death Penalty Grows with High-Profile Support by Christopher Zoukis Five high-powered, influential individuals have joined the call for abolishing the death penalty and a sixth may soon be joining their ranks, according to insiders in the Obama administration. The list of new capital punishment opponents includes two …
Brief • December 3, 2015
State Board of Pharmacy v. Johnson, OK, Order, Apothecary Shoppe execution drugs, 2016
Article • November 13, 2015
Filed under: Death Penalty
Missouri AG Calls for Return of Gas Chamber by Missouri AG Calls for Return of Gas Chamber “The Missouri death penalty statute has been, in my opinion, unnecessarily entangled in the courts for over a decade,” complained Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, expressing his frustration over the Missouri Supreme Court’s …
Brief • November 13, 2015
State Board of Pharmacy v. Johnson, OK, Complaint, Apothecary Shoppe execution drugs, 2016 BEFORE THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINTAGAINST: ) ) David Kent Johnson, D.Ph. #13429 ) 13405 E 91st St N Owasso, OK 74055-2657 ) ) Case No. I3'7'7 COMPLAINT …
Article • November 2, 2015
Texas Supreme Court Holds No Compensation for Wrongly-Convicted Prisoner Imprisoned on Other Charges by Matthew Clarke Texas Supreme Court Holds No Compensation for Wrongly-Convicted Prisoner Imprisoned on Other Charges by Matt Clarke On August 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a former death row prisoner who had …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Florida’s IQ Rule for Death Penalty Exemption Unconstitutional by David Reutter Florida’s IQ Rule for Death Penalty Exemption Unconstitutional by David Reutter Florida’s “rigid rule” that requires defendants to have an IQ of 70 or less before they can present mitigating evidence of an intellectual disability “creates an unacceptable risk …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Homicidal Prisoner Fails to Derail Oregon Death Penalty Moratorium by Mark Wilson Homicidal Prisoner Fails to Derail Oregon Death Penalty Moratorium by Mark Wilson By most any standard, Craig Dennis Bjork, 53, meets the definition of an undeniably dangerous person. Apparently unimpressed by his first five murders, one can only …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Soldiers Sentenced to Die, but No Executions on Military Death Row Since 1961 by Joe Watson Soldiers Sentenced to Die, but No Executions on Military Death Row Since 1961 by Joe Watson The guilty verdict and death sentence handed down on August 28, 2013 against U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik …
Article • October 19, 2015
Filed under: Appeals, Death Row
Oklahoma Death Row Prisoners Lose Appeal by Oklahoma Death Row Prisoners Lose Appeal The Oklahoma Supreme Court, on April 23, 2014, affirmed in part, reversed in part, and dissolved a stay of execution shielding two condemned prisoners from a death by lethal injection sentence. Appellants Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner …
Article • October 19, 2015
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Forcible Medication for Death Row Prisoner Unauthorized by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Forcible Medication for Death Row Prisoner Unauthorized On September 11, 2013, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a trial court lacked authority under the competency-to-be-executed statute, Texas Code …
Article • October 16, 2015
Iran Orders Execution Survivor Hospitalized and Re-Hanged Once Well Enough by Mark Wilson Iran Orders Execution Survivor Hospitalized and Re-Hanged Once Well Enough by Mark Wilson “The horrific prospect of this man facing a second hanging, after having gone through the whole ordeal already once, merely underlines the cruelty and …
Article • October 14, 2015
Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna A report issued by Death Penalty Information Center claims that only 2% of all U.S. counties are responsible for a …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Prison Reform, Death Row
Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms by Christopher Zoukis Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms by Christopher Zoukis In a move that surprised many in the prison reform community, the president of the local chapter of a Texas prison guards’ union wrote a letter to the …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Doctor Involved in Botched Oklahoma Execution Unsuccessfully Sued in Federal Court by Christopher Zoukis Doctor Involved in Botched Oklahoma Execution Unsuccessfully Sued in Federal Court by Christopher Zoukis The family of Oklahoma prisoner Clayton Lockett, whose botched execution caused international outrage, filed a federal lawsuit that accused the doctor who …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Texas Leads the Nation in Both Executions and Exonerations by Matthew Clarke Texas Leads the Nation in Both Executions and Exonerations by Matt Clarke Texas has long been notorious for applying the death penalty, executing more prisoners than any other state. Between 1976 and September 1, 2015, Texas carried out …
Automatic Placement of Death Row Prisoner in Segregation Does Not Violate Due Process by David Reutter Automatic Placement of Death Row Prisoner in Segregation Does Not Violate Due Process by David M. Reutter A Virginia federal district court held in November 2013 that automatic and indefinite placement of a death-sentenced …
Brief • July 13, 2015
Bray et al v. Missouri DOC et al, MO, Order, tax-payer standing Zink execution, 2015
Article • June 20, 2015
From Death Row at 16 to Suicide at 45: The Life and Death of Paula Cooper by Liliana Segura From Death Row at 16 to Suicide at 45: The Life and Death of Paula Cooper by Liliana Segura Just before 8 a.m. this past Memorial Day, 45-year-old Paula Cooper decided …
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