While those who argue in support of capital punishment suggest that it helps keep police officers safer on the streets — the idea being that the death penalty is a deterrent here — research undertaken by the Death Penalty Information Center suggests otherwise.
After reviewing 31 years of FBI research on the murders of police
The State of Tennessee has the execution of Tennessee Death Row inmate Billy Ray Irick scheduled for August 9, 2018. Irick’s defense lawyers are working very hard to stop this from happening.
This case is yet another example of the importance of zealous, aggressive, and experienced Death Penalty Defense attorneys during the investigation and initial
Defending those facing the death penalty brings Terry Lenamon into the heart of the issue of mental illness in this country and how that does (as opposed to should) impact the imposing of capital punishment on those convicted of serious crimes.
Mental Illness is an Issue in All Death Penalty Cases
We discuss aspects of
The Death Penalty Info Center just updated its Death Penalty Fact Sheet. You can download the pdf by clicking on the image:
Lots of information here regarding capital punishment in the United States today. From the DPIC statistics, consider the following:
The American Bar Association Death Penalty Due Process Review Project has published its report, "Severe Mental Illness and the Death Penalty."
ABA Report To Be Tool For Change
From its Executive Summary (emphasis added):
Despite broader efforts to reform the criminal justice system’s approach to mental illness, individuals
A new study has been released that argues that how someone looks has a great impact upon how they are perceived insofar as being sentenced for a crime.
According to this new research, someone whose face gives them an untrustworthy appearance is more like to get more years behind bars and harsher sentences.
The study
Paul Hildwin resides on Florida’s Death Row, having been sentenced to death for the 1985 killing of Vronzettie Cox who had been raped before she was strangled to death and her body left to be found in the trunk of a car.
Forensic evidence gets lots of respect from juries — some call it "the CSI effect" after the popular TV show (in all its spin-offs). However, this month we have even more news that justifies a less trusting view of evidence coming from a lab and being used to put someone behind bars — or on
This week, the Miami Herald ran an article discussing the current state of QEEG technology as a means to study the human brain and understand how the brain works and how it can be permanently damaged.
However, the article was more than a dry discussion of scientific methodology. Reporter David Ovalle wrote about how QEEG