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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
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 • 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 …
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 …
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 …
Article • August 12, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Washington Prison Guard’s Murder Costs State $2.5 Million and Counting by Mark Wilson Washington Prison Guard’s Murder Costs State $2.5 Million and Counting by Mark Wilson A Washington prisoner’s conviction and death sentence for murdering a female prison guard has cost taxpayers $1.6 million, while the guard’s family settled a …
Article • July 30, 2014
The Death Penalty in the United States and the Force of Regional Human Rights Law by Saira Mohamed The Death Penalty in the United States and the Force of Regional Human Rights Law by Saira Mohamed The botched execution last month of Oklahoma prisoner Clayton Lockett has focused attention on …
Brief • July 16, 2014
Filed under: Death Penalty
Jones v. Chappell, CA, Order, Death Penalty Abolished, Case 2:09-cv-02158-CJC Document 117 Filed 07/16/14 Page 1 of 29 Page ID #:5060 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ) ) ) Petitioner, …
Article • June 6, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
California’s Lethal Injection Protocol Deemed Invalid by State Court by Michael Brodheim California’s Lethal Injection Protocol Deemed Invalid by State Court by Michael Brodheim In May 2013, a California appeals court invalidated regulations promulgated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) regarding the manner in which the state …
Fields v. City of Chicago, IL, Verdict 2, Wrongful Conviction, 2014 VERDICT FORM - Fields v. O'Callaghan, Case No. 10 C 1168 We, the jury, award the plaintiff, Nathson Fields, compensatory damages in the amountof$ f!J oo~, oo ~~ ~W~ d~~ We, the jury, award the plaintiff, Nathson Fields, punitive …
Brief • April 29, 2014
Fields v. City of Chicago, IL, Verdict, Wrongful Conviction, 2014 VERDICT FORM - Fields v. City of Chicago, et al., Case No. 10 C 1168 We, the jury, find as follows on the claims of the plaintiff, Nathson Fields, against the defendants, the City of Chicago, David O'Callaghan, Joseph Murphy, …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Colorado Prisoner who Murdered Guard Gets Life Without Parole by Last month, Prison Legal News reported that the parents of a slain Colorado prison guard did not want the prisoner who murdered him to face the death penalty. Edward Montour, who beat Lima Correctional Facility guard Eric Autobee to death …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Filed under: Death Penalty
No Death Penalty for Maine Prisoner by Lance Tapley In 2008, within a supposedly high-security prison in the giant federal correctional complex in Florence, Colorado, Gary Watland, a “boarder” from Maine, murdered another prisoner, white supremacist Mark Baker. After five and a half years – and after, probably, millions in …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
When Victims Speak Up in Court – in Defense of the Criminals by Andrew Cohen A death penalty case in Colorado has generated an unusual fight between a district attorney and two parents who oppose capital punishment against the man who murdered their son. One of the most profound changes …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Psst! Hey Man, Need Some Execution Drugs? by Officials in Delaware and 31 other states that use lethal injection to execute prisoners are scrambling to find new drugs to carry out death sentences, and in some cases are procuring them through secret exchanges and confidential deals – and from questionable …
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