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
Under Florida law, the judge will still have the final decision here.
What will the Judge do? We’ll know soon.
Meanwhile, congrats to Terry Lenamon for a great job of defending
Terry Lenamon fought long and hard to get QEEG Brain Mapping introduced as evidence in the death penalty trial of Grady Nelson last fall. The QEEG evidence was introduced. The judge sentenced Grady Nelson not to a sentence of death, but instead to life imprisonment.
That was almost a year ago, and now QEEG evidence
In 2002, the United States Supreme Court handed down Atkins v. Virginia – that’s less than ten years ago. Hard to believe, in many ways.
In 2009, Bruce Winick, Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Director, Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, published an article in the
Mental health professionals and those dealing with mental health issues are well aware of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). It is used everyday in the law, as well, and you can find a copy on most death qualified criminal defense attorney’s shelves – maybe more than one. In fact, you can
Deldelp Medina wrote a personal piece about the death penalty for the San Jose Mercury News — a poignant piece that provides a perspective that serves us all well. Sure, it’s focusing upon the California death penalty, which has become a California election issue. However, it also tells the tale of a Miami murder case,
Casey Anthony isn’t facing a jury yet, but major decisions regarding her jury trial for the murder of her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony, are being made now as Belvin Perry, Chief Judge of the Ninth Judicial District Court of Florida issues his rulings on important motions presented to him by the prosecution and the
The decision made by the State of Florida attorneys today is making national news: prosecutors have decided that they will not seek the death penalty in their prosecution of Jason Rodriguez.
Mr.Rodriguez is accused of shooting several people in an Orlando office building last November, killing one person and wounding five others. Jason Rodriguez
Mercy is the bottom line in a death penalty defense case, from the perspective of the sentencing phase of a case.
Mercy — that elusive concept.
So elusive, in fact, that the law has seen fit to have legislatures basically define what mercy will be in death penalty cases, as various mitigation factors ("mitigators") are
The constitutional right to counsel for those who cannot afford their own lawyer means that the government foots the bill for the defendant’s legal counsel. This is true for a great many criminal cases (and the expansion of the right to counsel continues with the United States Supreme Court), but it is especially important when the