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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 …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Two Former Oklahoma Death Row Prisoners Obtain $3.15 Million Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Last year, Yancy L. Douglas, 43, and Paris Lapriest Powell, 44, former death row prisoners in Oklahoma, accepted a total $3.15 million settlement in their federal civil rights lawsuits brought against their prosecutor and …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Arizona: Lawsuit Spurs Significant Reforms for Death Row Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal lawsuit that settled in March 2017 resulted in the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) drastically improving conditions of confinement for death row prisoners. Pursuant to the settlement, most of the state’s 120 condemned …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Federal Judge Voids Contract Between Death Row Exoneree and Attorney by David Reutter by David Reutter A North Carolina federal district court has voided a contract between death row exoneree Henry McCollum and his lawyer. The court’s unusual move was based on evidence that due to his low IQ, McCollum …
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 • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Death Row
Federal Court Issues Injunction Over Conditions on Virginia’s Death Row by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On February 21, 2018, a federal district court issued an injunction prohibiting the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) from reverting conditions of confinement on death row to those that existed when a lawsuit challenging …
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 16, 2018
$12,500 Settlement in Suit Over Ohio Death Row Prisoner's Suicide by In April 2016, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) settled for $12,500 a lawsuit brought by the estate and survivors of a death row prisoner who committed suicide three days before he was scheduled to be executed. …
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 …
Penal Reform International, Thailand Institute of Justice: Global Prison Trends, 2018 GLOBAL PRISON TRENDS 2018 SPECIAL FOCUS Pull-out section The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders in the era of sustainable development Global Prison Trends 2018 This document is co-published and produced with financial assistance from the Thailand Institute of Justice …
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 …
Brief • March 6, 2018
Ohio v. Noling, OH, Opinion, DNA, 2018 [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Noling, Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-795.] NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio …
Porter v. Clarke, VA, Opinion, Death Row Conditions, 2018 Case 1:14-cv-01588-LMB-IDD Document 220 Filed 02/21/18 Page 1 of 37 PageID# 4031 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division THOMAS PORTER, et al., Plaintiffs, No. 1:14-cv-1588 (LMB/IDD) v. HAROLD W. CLARKE, et al., Defendants. …
Brief • February 2, 2018
Hill v. Anderson, OH, Opinion, Death Penalty, Habeas, Disability, 2018 RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 18a0024p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT DANNY HILL, Petitioner-Appellant, ┐ │ │ > v. CARL ANDERSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. │ │ │ │ │ │ …
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: …
Brief • January 31, 2018
Ball v. LeBlanc, LA, Order and Opinion, Death Row Conditions, 2018 Case: 17-30052 Document: 00514330178 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/31/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 17-30052 United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED January 31, 2018 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk ELZIE BALL; …
Brief • January 11, 2018
Baer v. Neal, IN, Opinion, Death Penalty, Habeas,2018 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 15‐1933 FREDRICK MICHAEL BAER, Petitioner‐Appellant, v. RON NEAL, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, Respondent‐Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. …
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