Sidebar With an Expert Capital Litigator
Two more petitions for a writ of certiorari were denied on Monday by the Supreme Court of the United States in capital cases coming out of Florida.
They are dealing with review of current Florida Death Row inmates’ sentences where they were sentenced to die under a statutory scheme deemed unconstitutional by the High Court. …
This week, the State of Oklahoma announced that it is forgetting all about lethal injections because it has not been able to get the necessary toxic drugs to use for executions.
Gas Chamber in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s going back to nitrogen. That’s right. The gas chamber will be the method of execution in the State of…
It’s Monday morning, and the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has issued its orders of the day. Included among them, denial of the Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Hidalgo v. Arizona.
For background, read our earlier posts:
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The State of Florida wants the death penalty for 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, who has already confessed to being the shooter in the Valentine’s Day tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
For those that follow the blog, you know Terry Lenamon’s son is a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, present on the day of the shooting but…
Tomorrow morning in Orlando, Terry Lenamon will be joined by his friend Rick Kammen at the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ 24th annual "Death is Different" seminar.
Lenamon and Kammen Speaking at "Death is Different" Seminar
Their presentation, entitled "Psycho Drama," begins at 10:30 a.m and concludes at noon.
Both…
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to consider the case coming out of Texas, where Death Row inmates petitioned SCOTUS to review their claims that Texas’ use of pentobarbital in lethal injection executions is cruel and unusual punishment.
Seems Texas has a stash of pentobarbital that it got from a…
There are times when you are tested, when circumstances reveal your integrity or the lack thereof.
That came last week for noted Death Penalty Defense Attorney Terence Lenamon, as his son Jude Lenamon was among the students attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on the Valentine’s Day Shooting.
Death Penalty Defense When Your …
Defending those facing the death penalty brings Terry Lenamon into the heart of the issue of mental illness in this country and how that does (as opposed to should) impact the imposing of capital punishment on those convicted of serious crimes.
Mental Illness is an Issue in All Death Penalty Cases
We discuss aspects of…
The American Bar Association has adopted a formal resolution regarding the Death Penalty as well as publishing its report in support of the resolution.
You can read the full report here.
The 2018 ABA Resolution on Death Penalty
Here is the full text of the resolution here, drafted by the ABA’s Civil Rights and…
Beginning February 5, 2018, Terence Lenamon will be in a Miami Dade courtroom in another fight against the death penalty, this time in a notorious capital case involving a member of the Terrorist Boyz named Frantzy Jean-Marie.
Capital Case Trying Charges From Over a Decade Ago
It’s a complicated defense for many reasons, not…