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Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Death Sentences and Executions Ebbing in the “Capital of Capital Punishment” by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Harris County, Texas is known for many things. The county seat is Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States and the largest in Texas. It has its own shipping channel and a …
Top Federal Death Penalty Lawyer Demoted, Reassigned by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Kevin Carwile, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney in charge of the agency’s death penalty prosecution unit, has been demoted over allegations that he fostered a “sexualized environment” in his workplace. The New York Times reported …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Louisiana Judge’s Views May Warrant Recusal in All Death Penalty Cases by David R. Bailey by David R. Bailey Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Scott Crichton’s self-recusal from hearing “Angola 5” David Brown’s death penalty appeal ensured that Brown’s due process rights would not be compromised. Brown feared he could not …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Ohio Death Row Prisoner Avoids Execution then Dies in Prison by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On March 3, 2018, Alva Campbell, a 69-year-old death row prisoner convicted of two murders, died in prison. Ironically, he passed away just five months after his poor health forced the postponement of his …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Challenge to Three-drug Execution Protocol Revived by Eleventh Circuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 1, 2017, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals revived civil rights claims brought by four Alabama death row prisoners. Their lawsuits challenged the state’s current three-drug execution protocol, arguing that the use …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
California Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Reform Law by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Proposition 66, also known as the Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act, was passed by 51.13% of California voters on November 8, 2016. Prop. 66 was intended to “facilitate the enforcement of judgments and achieve cost …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Medication, Death Penalty
Florida Supreme Court Approves Use of Hypnotic Drug for Executions by On August 14, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court approved a new lethal injection drug protocol that includes the hypnotic drug etomidate. The introduction of etomidate into the state’s execution protocol is the latest move to preserve the death penalty …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Report Finds Texas Death Row Conditions Violate Basic Human Rights by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2017, the University of Texas School of Law’s Human Rights Clinic published a report that found living conditions on death row in Texas violate “basic human rights as well as a number …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Arkansas Conducts Four Executions in One Week Due to Expiring Lethal Injection Drugs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As its lethal injection drug supply neared expiration last year, Arkansas embarked upon the most ambitious death penalty plan since capital punishment was revived by the Supreme Court in 1976: …
Death Penalty Information Center - Behind the Curtain - Secrecy and the Death Penalty, 2018 BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States A report by the Death Penalty Information Center Principal Author: Robin …
Article • December 28, 2017
Connecticut Supreme Court: Death Penalty Abolition is Retroactive by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut ruled that to execute a person following the state legislature's prospective abolition of the death penalty would violate the state constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. …
Article • December 22, 2017
Tennessee’s Death Penalty on Hold by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Capital punishment is on hold in Tennessee. The Tennessee Supreme Court halted execution to allow lower courts to hold hearings on the new lethal injection protocol. Meanwhile, attorneys for death row prisoners are arguing the death penalty is …
Article • December 7, 2017
Filed under: Pain, Death Penalty
Eighth Circuit Refuses to Halt Arkansas Execution of Prisoner Who Claimed Lethal Injection Will Cause Him Extreme Pain by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In April 2017, the state of Arkansas decided to fast track the execution of eight prisoners before its supply of lethal injection drugs became unavailable. Soon …
Article • December 7, 2017
Filed under: Pain, Obesity, Death Penalty
Eighth Circuit Denies Stay of Execution to Arkansas Prisoner Who Claimed His Obesity Created Risk of Severe Pain by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On April 24, 2017, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a series of rulings paving the way for the state of Arkansas to continue …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
State Sanctioned Murder: By the Numbers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Death Penalty Information Center has released a report highlighting significant changes in the number of executions in the United States in 2016. According to the report, there were 20 executions in the U.S. during calendar year 2016 …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Arizona: Mixed Rulings in Challenges to State’s Lethal Injection Protocol by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton A federal judge has held that members of the media and witnesses may view all aspects of executions carried out in Arizona. State prison officials can no longer prohibit journalists from seeing prisoners being …
Blakeney v. State of Mississippi, MI, Death Penalty Appeal, Prosecutorial Misconduct, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2015-DP-00058-SCT JUSTIN BARRETT BLAKENEY a/k/a JUSTIN BLAKENEY v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DATE OF JUDGMENT: TRIAL JUDGE: TRIAL COURT ATTORNEYS: COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: DISTRICT ATTORNEY: …
Brief • September 1, 2017
Grayson v. Warden, AL, Opinion, Midazolam Lethal Injection, 2017 Case: 16-16876 Date Filed: 09/01/2017 Page: 1 of 79 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 16-16876 ________________________ D.C. Docket Nos. 2:12-cv-00316-WKW-CSC, 2:13-cv-00781-WKW-CSC CAREY DALE GRAYSON, et al 2:12-cv-00316 Plaintiffs, versus WARDEN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA …
Article • August 31, 2017
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Eighth Amendment Lawsuit Over Botched Oklahoma Execution by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On November 15, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the estate of a prisoner who was executed by lethal …
Article • August 21, 2017
Mississippi Supreme Court Allows Challenge of Lethal Injection Protocol to Continue; Reverses Lower Court by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On December 15, 2016, a 5-4 ruling by the Mississippi Supreme Court revived a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit brought by a death row prisoner who claimed he will suffer cruel …
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