Sidebar With an Expert Capital Litigator
1. Larry Ray Swearingen, Texas Death Row
Larry Swearingen maintains his innocence and his attorneys are fighting to have some tribunal hear what they are arguing is new evidence, uncovered since his trial, that proves Larry Swearingen is innocent of the killing of a Texas coed, Melissa Trotter – this includes both DNA evidence and circumstantial…
Many have come to know about the AEDPA (Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ) because of the Troy Davis case (read our earlier post here). The AEDPA, however, impacts many, many capital punishment cases here in the United States, since it ties the hands of federal court judges to act…
This week, the Miami Herald published the opinion piece written by Raoul Cantero, former Florida Supreme Court justice, and Mark R. Schlakman, senior program director for the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights at Florida State University.
Mr Schlakman also participated in the American Bar Association’s Florida Death Penalty Assessment. You can…
Florida’s Execution Schedule has tomorrow, February 15, 2012, as the day that Robert Brian Waterhouse will die for the murder of Deborah Kammerer back in September 1980. Yes, if you do the math you’ll find that it has been over 30 years since Waterhouse was convicted of this crime and this latest execution date.
Will…