Reba Kennedy

Lenamon Victory in Frantzy Jean-Marie Trial: No Death Penalty in Terrorist Boyz Capital Murder Case

By Reba Kennedy on July 27, 2018

Defense Succeeds in Avoiding Death Penalty; What is Life Sentence in Florida Capital Case?

Terence Lenamon was victorious this week, as a Florida jury refused to sentence Frantzy Jean-Marie to death for the murders of Armstrong Rivere and his girlfriend Stephanie Adams back in March 2013. For details, read the article written by Charles Rabin…

New ABA Report on Mental Illness and Death Penalty: Show Them The Money

By Reba Kennedy on July 14, 2018

Posted in Death Penalty Resources

Last month, the American Bar Association released a new report as part of its Death Penalty Due Process Review Project. The research study is entitled “Potential Cost-Savings of a Severe Mental Illness Exclusion from the Death Penalty: An Analysis of Tennessee Data,” and is available for free online.

ABA Stand Against Death Penalty

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Lethal Injection Recipes: Nevada’s Latest Execution Cocktail

By Reba Kennedy on July 6, 2018

Posted in Execution Methods, Legal Issues - Death Penalty

The State of Nevada has scheduled the execution of Scott Dozier for July 11, 2018. The execution method will be lethal injection. It is the state’s first execution in 12 years.

On Tuesday, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced that the Dozier Execution will involve the use of the following three drugs:

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