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Two Prisoners Removed from Texas Death Row Due to Intellectual Disability by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals resentenced death row prisoner Tomas Raul Gallo, 49, to life imprisonment on April 5, 2024, approving an agreement by prosecutors that Gallo’s intellectual disability (ID) …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Botched Idaho Execution Halted by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   On February 28, 2024, Idaho halted the execution of Thomas Eugene Creech, 73, after the all-volunteer team assigned to kill him was unable to find a suitable vein to establish the intravenous connection necessary for his lethal injection. Creech, …
Brief • April 23, 2024
Porter v. Daggett, UT, Verdict, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 2024 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 424 Filed 04/23/24 PageID.7232 Page 1 of 7 THE UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT DISTRJCT OF UTAH DUSTIN LAW PORTER, STEVEN DROLLETTE, JOSHUA ASAY, and JOSHUA OLSEN, SPECIAL VERDICT FORM Case No. 2:18-cv-00389-DBB Plaintiffs, District Judge David Barlow …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Alabama Conducts First Nitrogen Hypoxia Execution by Alabama killed condemned prisoner Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, on January 25, 2024, the first execution conducted using nitrogen hypoxia, a controversial method that suffocates victims with nitrogen gas and robs them of oxygen. The risks of the procedure are so unknown that the …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Eleventh Circuit Refuses to Reimpose Death Sentence for Intellectually Disabled Alabama Prisoner by Over two decades ago, in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) barred capital punishment for intellectually disabled prisoners—typically those with an IQ of 70 or below. Courts still wrestle …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Condemned Arizona Prisoner Reprieved by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On June 22, 2023, the chief prosecutor in Arizona’s Maricopa County dropped a suit filed to force the state to execute condemned prisoner Aaron Gunches. As previously reported by PLN, the state Supreme Court issued a death warrant on March …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Alabama Prisoner’s Family Sues Over Allegedly Botched Execution by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On May 3, 2023, the family of Joe Nathan James Jr., an Alabama prisoner executed in July 2022, sued Gov. Kay Ivey (R) and other state officials, claiming he suffered excessive pain and was unconscious too …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Ohio Governor Reprieves Three Condemned Prisoners by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Ohio prisoners James O’Neal, Jerome Henderson and Melvin Bonnell were all scheduled to die by lethal injection between August and October 2023. However, on April 14, 2023, Gov. Mike Dewine (R) delayed each execution over two years. DeWine …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Idaho Revives Firing Squads by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On March 24, 2023, Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed HB 186, making his the fifth state to adopt a firing squad as a means of execution. Taking effect July 1, 2023, the law allows the state Department of …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Eighth Circuit Greenlights Arkansas Execution Protocol by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett Despite finding a “paucity of reliable scientific evidence concerning the effect of large doses of midazolam on humans,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit didn’t halt its use in Arkansas’s three-drug execution protocol. To the …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Eleventh Circuit Won’t Force Condemned Alabama Prisoner to Die by Method He Didn’t Choose by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Once it begins a lethal injection, the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) “will attempt to carry out the execution and not stop until it becomes clear that they are …
Lou v. Lopinto, LA, Statement of Interest, Wrongful Death-ADA, 2023 Case 2:21-cv-00080-WBV-DPC Document 197 Filed 05/12/23 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA DONNA LOU, ET AL. Plaintiffs, v. CIVIL ACTION NO. 21-80 SECTION “D” (2) SHERIFF JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III, ET AL. Defendants, Judge …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Detainee Allegedly “Eaten Alive” by Vermin in Overcrowded Atlanta Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A detainee found dead in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) on September 13, 2022, was “eaten alive” by insects, according to an attorney hired by the dead man’s family. Michael Harper said his clients …
Illinois DOC Accused of Fraudulently Obtaining Do Not Resuscitate Orders From Mentally Incompetent Prisoners by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi A report by Chicago’s WBEZ on April 4, 2023, revealed a chilling accusation against the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC): That officials got signatures on Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Arizona Prisoner Waits in Excruciating Pain While Incompetent Executioners Fumble by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A frail, elderly, wheelchair-bound prisoner had to assist the execution team killing him in Arizona on June 8, 2022. It was the state’s second execution since breaking an eight-year hiatus to kill …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
After Botched Lethal Injection, Alabama Will Execute Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 28, 2022, the State of Alabama entered a settlement with condemned prisoner Alan Eugene Miller, agreeing to refrain from further attempts to execute him by means of lethal injection. It …
Brief • January 12, 2023
Hodges v. Helton, TN, Order to Unseal, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 2023 E-FILED 1/12/2023 11:05 AM CLERK & MASTER DAVIDSON CO. CHANCERY CT. IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, DAVIDSON COUNTY, PART III HENRY HODGES ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 22-1440-III ) …
Publication • December 13, 2022
TN Lethal Injection Protocol Investigation Report and Findings-Dec. 13, 2022 TENNESSEE LETHAL INJECTION PROTOCOL INVESTIGATION REPORT AND FINDINGS Confidential Attorney-Client Communication And Attorney Work Product DECEMBER 13, 2022 Butler Snow LLP BU T L E R I SNOW INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Confidential Attorney-Client Communication And Attorney Work Product To: Governor Bill …
Publication • December 13, 2022
TN Lethal Injection Protocol Investigation Report and Findings 12-13-22 TENNESSEE LETHAL INJECTION PROTOCOL INVESTIGATION REPORT AND FINDINGS Confidential Attorney-Client Communication And Attorney Work Product DECEMBER 13, 2022 Butler Snow LLP BU T L E R I SNOW INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Confidential Attorney-Client Communication And Attorney Work Product To: Governor Bill Lee …
Brief • September 6, 2022
Filed under: Method of Execution
Owens v. Stirling, SC, Order Granting Injunctive Relief, Methods of Execution, 2022 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTY OF RICHLAND FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Freddie Eugene Owens; Brad Keith Sigmon; Gary Dubose Terry; and Richard Bernard Moore, Civil Action No. 2021CP4002306 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF …
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