For those that know Terry or have read his memoir, Heinous, Atrocious and Cruel (see it there in the left sidebar), you know that he is very concerned about mentally challenged individuals being sentenced to death not just in Florida but elsewhere in this country.
Which means we’ll be carefully following two cases that are
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Anthony George of the Guardian wrote Terry and asked if this video could be placed on the blog. Here it is, honored to be asked.
There is an interesting case being played out in Iowa right now – interesting because not only does it involves a woman on Death Row facing the death penalty, but also because it involves the federal death penalty statute.
Here’s what’s going on.
Last week, United States District Judge Mark Bennett, setting on the U.S.
One of the great things about the internet is its ability to educate and inform, and here’s yet another example of that: several excellent articles discussing aspects of the death penalty, and specifically, death penalty defense, have appeared this month.
All, available for free, online. Please consider reading the following:
Written by Terence Lenamon and Reba Kennedy, this short ebook (30,000 word count) is offered to anyone interested in the American criminal justice system, particularly in the areas of capital punishment and the right to counsel provided the poor under federal constitutional mandate as well as various state statutes. It is provided as an