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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 27, 2017
Nebraska Seeking $26,700 Refund for Illegal Execution Drugs it Never Received by In April 2015, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (UCS) paid a "pharmaceutical company" located in India $26,700 for 1,000 vials, each containing 1 gram of the execution drug sodium thiopental. It never received the vials. On January …
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 11, 2017
Man Wrongly Imprisoned on Death Row for 28 Years May Sue Ohio by Dale Johnston was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter and her boyfriend and sentenced to death. The decision of a three-judge panel in 1984 was based in part on testimony from a hypnotized witness. He always denied having …
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
Louisiana Death Sentence Reversed, Charges Dismissed, Lawsuit Filed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following the reversal of his homicide conviction by the Louisiana Supreme Court in November 2016, death row prisoner Rodricus Crawford, 29, was released on $50,000 bond after serving three years in prison. A new prosecutor …
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
Filed under: Death Row
Third Circuit: No Death Row Confinement after Death Sentences Vacated by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled against two Pennsylvania prisoners who were held in solitary confinement on death row for years after their death sentences were vacated. In the course …
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 …
Article • November 16, 2017
State Bar of Texas Pursuing Disciplinary Action against Prosecutor Who Lied about Deals with Jailhouse Informants in Capital Case by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In September 25, 2017, the State Bar of Texas filed a disciplinary action against former Harris County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth A. Exley. She is …
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: …
State of Arizona v. Rushing, AZ, Appeal Brief, Wrongful Death by Inmate, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA STATE OF ARIZONA Appellee, v. JASPER PHILLIP RUSHING, Appellant. No. CR-15-0268-AP Filed November 6, 2017 Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County The Honorable Michael W. Kemp, …
Brief • November 6, 2017
Dunn v. Madison, US, Certiorari Petition, Capital Punishment, 2017 Cite as: 583 U. S. ____ (2017) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JEFFERSON DUNN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. VERNON MADISON ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE …
Brief • October 10, 2017
Kirkpatrick v. Chappell, CA, Death Penalty, Habeas, 2017 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, JR., Petitioner-Appellant, v. No. 14-99001 D.C. No. 2:96-cv-00351WDK KEVIN CHAPPELL, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central …
Article • September 10, 2017
Arizona Changes Lethal Drug Mix for Executions by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In recent years more and more pharmaceutical companies are refusing to sell execution drugs to states over ethical considerations fueled by increasing public opposition to capital punishment. Arizona is allegedly experimenting with other drugs to replace those …
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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