Sidebar With an Expert Capital Litigator
Johnny Depp will appear this evening on CBS-TV’s 48 Hours, bringing attention to the West Memphis 3, fighting against the execution of Damion Echols.
Please watch – it’s a major event for Mr. Depp to bring his celebrity power to this Death Penalty case, especially when everyone would expect Johnny Depp to be…
This week, Adam LIptak of the New York Times has taken the great light that is the New York Times, using it to shine into dark corners of corruption, and revealed as story that’s been talked about in defense circles are awhile. And his efforts can’t be noticed without also pointing out the efforts of…
Johnny Depp is getting lots of media play due to his upcoming debut as the beloved Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s version of "Alice in Wonderland" next month.
However, Johnny Depp won’t be talking movies this Saturday when he appears on CBS-TV’s "48 Hours. " Instead, he’ll be adding the power of his fame…
Columnist Sam Cook wrote an excellent article that appears at Fort Myer’s News-Press web site.
It provides a perspective that isn’t seen enough in death penalty coverage, and I’m hopeful that you’ll find the time to read it.
Yesterday, the jury came back in the Kemar Johnston case. They had already found Mr. Johnston guilty of murder, now they were deliberating whether or not Kemar Johnston should die as punishment for the crime.
The jury recommended life in prison for Kemar Johnston. In doing so, the jury voted AGAINST the death penalty in this…
We’ve been following the melodrama surrounding Sharon Keller, Chief Justice of Texas’ highest criminal court since allegations that her acts caused the execution of Michael Richard to go forward back in 2007. For background, here are some of our posts giving the details on this horrifiic story:
The death vans that cruise around China, killing people for all sorts of crimes and then harvesting their organs for sale on the human organ black market, was so shocking to us when intern Sin-Ting Mary Liu described the efforts, that we posted a long series here, excerpts from her excellent work – complete with…
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This week, an evidentiary courtroom battle began on whether or not the State of Florida can now — today — seek the death penalty…
Before he was governor of the Great State of Kansas, Mark Parkinson worked in the state senate as a legislator, helping to draft the current law approving of capital punishment in that state. Kansas’ death penalty statute was passed into law back in 1994.
However, it’s a new day and last Friday, another piece of legislation started…