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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.
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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? …
Over in Alabama, Death Row Inmate Vernon Madison was found guilty of capital murder several years ago. He was sentenced to death.
As he lived his live on Death Row and waited to die at the hands of the State of Alabama, Mr. Madison’s health declined. He suffered several strokes. His doctors determined that he…
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…
This month, the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Drama at the Sundance Film Festival was awarded to the film “Clemency,” directed by Chinonye Chukwu.
Clemency is acclaimed at…
Today, Florida Death Penalty defense strategies are dealing with the aftermath of Hurst v. Florida, where the impact of a jury in a capital punishment case was forever changed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
For details, read our past discussions:
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In Florida, several requests can be filed with the appellate court while a death penalty trial is ongoing. Parties can seek appellate review and issuance of appellate exercises of power that include writs of mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, certiorari,…
For over 40 years, Florida’s Justice Administrative Commission (“JAC”) has provided administrative support to the state judicial branch. Among its managerial tasks is overseeing the payment of court-appointed lawyers who represent defendants unable to afford counsel (indigent defendants). In 2004, JAC was first given…