The Death Penalty Information Center has published its year-end report regarding the Death Penalty in the United States. Florida (and Texas) figure prominently in the study.
Read the full text here, and the New York Times coverage of the DPIC report here.
Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for his work, and his column is published twice a week in the Miami Herald.
Recently, Mr Pitts expressed his opinion on capital punishment in this country in a piece that Terry Lenamon thought should be shared here, for those interested in the death
The State of Texas was set to execute Scott Panetti today at six o’clock – but the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just issued a stay of execution – here is the single page issued from the federal appellate court this morning:
Terry Lenamon deals with the issues of death penalty sentencing and
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund released its Fall 2014 study of capital punishment in the United States recently.
Entitled "Death Row USA," it is available to read online here.
In the report, Florida continues to have the second largest Death Row population in the country (only California has more), followed by Texas
The Discovery Channel has dramatized the Escoto case (see our earlier posts for Terence Lenamon’s defense of Michel Escoto and background on the case).
It’s called "I’ll Have What She’s Having."
(You may recall that Dateline also did an episode on this murder trial, entitled "Mystery in South Beach"
Terry Lenamon received the following information from Kathryn Kase regarding her fight to stop Scott Panetti from being executed by the State of Texas, and we are sharing the following here:
Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti from Off Center Media on Vimeo.
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On Thursday, November 6, 2014, the trial court
The State of Texas has scheduled the execution of Scott Panetti for December 3, 2014, despite the fact that Mr. Panetti has been diagnosed to suffer from both schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
During his criminal trial, there was quite a bit of hoopla as Scott Panetti represented himself at trial, appearing before the court in
Terence Lenamon will have the honor of being part of a panel discussion on death penalty issues with Sister Helen Prejean next month (see our previous post for time and date details).
As for what that panel discussion might include, check out this video of Sister Helen discussing “Together We Can End the Death
