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Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson In 2012, 6.98 million Americans were under some form of correctional supervision, with 2.2 million in prison or jail and another 4.8 million on probation or parole, according …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Automatic Oregon Death Row Confinement Pending Resentencing Enjoined by Mark Wilson Automatic Oregon Death Row Confinement Pending Resentencing Enjoined by Mark Wilson On October 10, 2014, an Oregon federal judge enjoined prison officials from automatically segregating death sentenced prisoners who have had their sentences vacated and are awaiting resentencing. Oregon …
Article • May 24, 2015
South Dakota Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty in Murder of Prison Guard by South Dakota Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty in Murder of Prison Guard On August 13, 2014, the South Dakota Supreme Court in a 4-1 decision affirmed the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a prison …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
When is a Person too Insane to Execute? by Matthew Clarke When is a Person too Insane to Execute? by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing arguments to determine whether a Texas death row prisoner is too mentally ill to execute for murdering his in-laws as …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Death Penalty
Pharmacist Associations Take Stand Against Death Penalty by Greg Dober Pharmacist Associations Take Stand Against Death Penalty by Greg Dober On March 2015, two professional associations that represent pharmacists urged their members to stop providing drugs used in executions. The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists issued a statement to its …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Kentucky Death Row Prisoners Win Appeal on Religious Accommodations by Derek Gilna Kentucky Death Row Prisoners Win Appeal on Religious Accommodations by Derek Gilna On August 15, 2014, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of five death row prisoners in Kentucky who sued the director of the …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Advocacy, Death Penalty
Former Virginia Executioner Now an Anti-Death Penalty Activist by Former Virginia Executioner Now an Anti-Death Penalty Activist Once Virginia’s chief executioner, Jerry Givens put 62 people to death over a 17-year period from 1982 to 1999. Then he had an epiphany that pushed him to use his experience to advocate …
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Filed under: Discovery, Death Penalty
Georgia’s Execution Drug Secrecy Law Found Constitutional by David Reutter Georgia’s Execution Drug Secrecy Law Found Constitutional by David Reutter In a 5-2 ruling, the Georgia Supreme Court held on May 19, 2014 that it is not unconstitutional for the state to keep secret the names and other identifying information …
Article • January 13, 2015
Drug Makers Refuse to Sell Propofol for Death Row Executions by Drug Makers Refuse to Sell Propofol for Death Row Executions Two more pharmaceutical companies have joined efforts to keep propofol - the anesthetic that contributed to pop star Michael Jackson's death – from being used in state executions of …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Florida Death Row Prisoner Entitled to Prison and Medical Records by David Reutter Florida Death Row Prisoner Entitled to Prison and Medical Records by David M. Reutter On December 19, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court held that a death-sentenced prisoner was entitled to receive his prison and medical records once …
Article • December 18, 2014
Filed under: Death Penalty
California's Death-Penalty Regime Ruled Unconstitutional: It Should Have Been Buried More Than 50 Years Ago by Sanford Jay Rosen California's Death-Penalty Regime Ruled Unconstitutional: It Should Have Been Buried More Than 50 Years Ago On July 16, 2014, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney invalidated California's death penalty. After reviewing …
When Attorneys Fumble, Defendants Face Consequences by David Reutter When Attorneys Fumble, Defendants Face Consequences by David M. Reutter The right of defendants facing criminal charges to be represented by counsel is the bedrock of our criminal justice system, expressly enshrined in the Sixth Amendment. An underlying doctrine to that …
Article • November 19, 2014
Double Jeopardy by Paige Williams Double Jeopardy In Alabama, a judge can override a jury that spares a murderer from the death penalty. By Paige Williams On an April night in 1997, when Shonelle Jackson was eighteen, he went out to a local club in Montgomery, Alabama. As he and …
Florida Prosecutor Suspended for Ex Parte Contact with Judge During Murder Trial by Christopher Zoukis Florida Prosecutor Suspended for Ex Parte Contact with Judge During Murder Trial by Christopher Zoukis A Florida prosecutor who engaged in text messages, cell phone calls and dinner dates with the judge presiding over a …
Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014
Death Sentences Reversed Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis Death Sentences Reversed Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis Death sentences imposed on prisoners in Arizona, Virginia and Tennessee have been reversed by federal appellate courts as a result of misconduct by prosecutors – including withholding evidence and making …
Article • November 1, 2014
Psst, Hey Alan, Need Some Execution Drugs? Delaware DOC Gets Phenobarbital on the Sly by Delaware officials are so hell-bent on executing prisoners that they've sunk to procuring drugs for lethal injections through secret exchanges and backdoor deals. Emails obtained by the Associated Press show just how the head of …
Brief • October 10, 2014
Filed under: Classification, Death Row
Fanus v ODOC, OR, Order Granting PI , falsely housed on Death Row, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON JESSE FANUS, Plaintiff, 6:14-cv-00935-AA v. ORDER JEFF PREMO, Defendant. AIKEN, District Judge. Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC), filed a complaint under …
Article • October 3, 2014
Connecticut Abolishes Death Penalty for Future Capital Crimes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 25, 2012, Connecticut Governor Daniel P. Malloy signed into law legislation that eliminates the death penalty for future crimes and replaces it with life without parole – part of a trend to abolish capital …
Article • October 3, 2014
Florida Governor Eliminates Innocence Commission by  Florida Governor Eliminates Innocence Commission   Faced with the dubious honor of 23 death row prisoner being exonerated since 1973 and 12 exonerations via DNA evidence since 2001, the Florida Supreme Court created the Florida Innocence Commission. With the stroke of his veto pen, …
Article • August 13, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Filed under: Medication, Death Penalty
Lethal Injection Protocol, Source of Execution Drugs Challenged in Pennsylvania by Lethal Injection Protocol, Source of Execution Drugs Challenged in Pennsylvania A long-standing federal class-action lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s execution protocol, and one of the issues in the case involves the use of lethal injection drugs obtained …
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