This month, the trial of Markeith Loyd continues in an Orlando courtroom with Terry Lenamon at the defense table. While prior Florida state attorney Ayala declined to proceed with the death penalty, it is back on the table.
The Death Penalty Information Center has released its annual Year End analysis of the state of capital punishment in this country. Go here to read the entire report, “The Death Penalty in 2018: Year End Report.”
This week, Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Frederick Lauten denied the defense motion seeking his recusal, filed by Terence Lenamon on December 5, 2018. See, “Chief judge won’t recuse himself in Markeith Loyd case,” written by Gal Tziperman Lotan and published by the Orlando Sentinel on December 10,
Every so often, we recommend a good read – usually a single book or novel that deals with capital punishment in some way.
Today, we’re recommending a series of books by a single author: John Grisham.
For his personal take on the death penalty, check out Mr. Grisham’s op-ed
Terence Lenamon is in trial today defending Markeith Loyd in what appears to be a day-long proceeding involving dozens of motions. Watch it live at Wild About Trials (or view it in the archive).
In two of Terry Lenamon’s capital cases, he has filed motions for continuance of the trial dates because of funding issues.
This week, seven Florida capital cases were decided by the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) as the High Court issued its orders denying future consideration of requests made by Florida Death Row inmates.
All of these cases ask SCOTUS to review decisions made by the Florida Supreme Court as it applies the SCOTUS decision
The execution of Tennessee Death Row inmate Edmund Zagorski is scheduled to take place today at seven o’clock this evening. This morning, his defense team filed a petition with the Supreme Court of the United States to try and halt the proceedings.
Follow that SCOTUS docket here.
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