Terence Lenamon presented the defense’s opening statement in the death penalty trial of State of Florida v. Markeith Loyd today, and you can watch Terry’s opening via this YouTube capture of the live courtroom proceedings (Terry begins at the 14:33 mark, immediately after the state’s opening statement):
Yesterday, the Law & Crime Network announced on Twitter that it will be covering the Death Penalty Trial of Florida v. Markeith Loyd.
There was a lot of hoopla when California Governor Gavin Newsom signed his executive order that stopped executions in the Golden State. For details, check out our earlier discussion, which includes a link to the full text of Governor Newsom’s order.
Thing is, as a recent article in the Sacramento Bee points out, things
Should current law apply when an appeals court reviews the evidence of mitigating factors and aggravating conditions in a death penalty case? What about if the case was tried years – even decades – before the appellate review takes place? Does the court look at current law, or go back to find the law in
This week’s death penalty trial of Markeith Loyd will include the following motion by Terence Lenamon to prevent the prosecution from introducing evidence in other alleged crimes involving Markeith Loyd. Read the full text of the filings here, as presented to the judge:
DEFENSE MOTION TO STRIKE
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Today, Terence Lenamon argued his motion that Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala be allowed to testify as part of the defense for Markeith Loyd. Back in 2017, Ms. Ayala declined to seek the death penalty as prosecutor in the Loyd case; as a result, Governor Rick Scott replaced her at the state’s trial table. (
As reported in the Tallahassee Democrat in its article “Funding for court-appointed counsel dries up; JAC can’t pay bills,” written by Jeffrey Schweers and published on April 11, 2019, Florida’s Justice Administrative Commission has run out of money.
Across the world, death sentences and executions are happening for all sorts of reasons, and in many countries the legal protections advanced by Terence Lenamon and other criminal defense lawyers like him are not provided to the accused or to the convicted.
This month, Amnesty International released its
Terence Lenamon’s upcoming capital case docket involves the death penalty defense of Michael James Jackson. Jackson is currently a resident of Florida’s Death Row.
This case is one of the many Florida death penalty cases that have gone under review in the aftermath of Hurst v. Florida.
In Florida, Texas, and most other states where prosecutors are given the option of seeking the death penalty (as are federal prosecutors under federal law), the focus is upon the individual case. Will the state ask for death?