Yesterday, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued its opinion that the state law providing for capital punishment in the State of Arkansas is unconstitutional. Which means that the men setting on Arkansas’ Death Row must be grateful to the 10 men who filed this appeal and drove this issue to the highest court in that
June 2012
U.S. Death Row in 2012: NAACP Death Row USA Study for Spring 2012 Released
Posted in On Death Row
This week, a new study was released on the state of Death Row here in America, surveying both the various state death rows as well as federal. Here are some interesting facts from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Death Row USA quarterly report, Spring 2012 edition:
- there aren’t as many people awaiting execution –
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Florida Innocence Commission’s Final Meeting: Adequate Funding of Defense Attorneys Key Issue in Justice
Posted in Death Penalty Resources
The Florida Innocence Commission met this week at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando; it was the last meeting for the Florida Innocence Commission since Governor Rick Scott vetoed the bill that would fund the FIC and allow it to continue.
Read the details on how and why Governor Rick Scott killed the Florida Innocence…
Terry Lenamon Shares Fulgham Trial Examples: Selected Transcripts Online
Posted in Death Penalty Resources
Terry Lenamon is making the following transcripts online from his recent death penalty case, where he and his defense team successfully avoided the death penalty for Joshua Fulgham:
State and Defense Opening – Penalty
Defense Closing and State Rebuttal
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