Sidebar With an Expert Capital Litigator
Today, the United States Supreme Court held that the Florida statutory method for determining who is mentally disabled as a mitigating factor that bars the imposition of the death penalty to be UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
From SCOTUS:
"The State’s threshold requirement, as interpreted by the Florida Supreme Court, is unconstitutional."
Back in January, we asked if states would be returning to former methods of execution, specifically the electric chair, and now it appears that Tennessee has decided to do exactly that, at least if the Governor of the State of Tennessee gets his way on things.
Thing is — that electric chair form of…
This Sunday, May 11, 2014, Dateline NBC will show its latest crime investigation episode, "Mystery in South Beach," which covers the recent trial (and guilty verdict) for Michel Escoto.
Terence Lenamon, as stand-by counsel and later full-on defense counsel (Terry Lenamon gave the closing arguments), was interviewed for this episode.
Watch the show…
Tuesday was a horror: Clayton Lockett was seen to writhe, clench his teeth and fight against his gurney restraints as the State of Oklahoma’s lethal injection execution took place.
Oklahoma officials halted the execution after seeing that the untested use of midazolam in the lethal drug cocktail might not be working properly (duh)…
Terence Lenamon is known for his work in defending people who are facing capital punishment as prosecutors seek the death penalty in trying these people for serious crimes. Much of Terry’s work is done in the "sentencing phase" of a death penalty case, where the defendant has been found guilty in the "trial…
In the Michel Escoto trial in Miami, Terence Lenamon has changed hats from being "standby counsel" for the defense as Escoto represented himself, to official defense counsel for defendant Michel Escoto.
Terry Lenamon gave closing arguments for the defense in the case.
For details, check out the Miami Herald coverage like this article by…
This week, Terence Lenamon remains in trial in the unique role of "stand by counsel" to defendant Michel Escoto, who represents himself in his murder trial this week.
The prosecution rested its case last week (read about that here).
Escoto now presents his defense case, with a DNA expert taking the stand for most of…
It’s not over, this argument regarding the drugs being used in lethal injection executions in this country — but it is over for Texas Death Row inmate and convicted serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells who died last night in Huntsville, Texas, as his death penalty was carried out.
The United States Supreme Court denied Sells’…
There is a good overview of the current state of lethal injection executions published in The Tennessean (and picked up by USA Today) which goes into detail regarding the current dilemma in this country regarding lethal injection executions.
Different states are approaching their Execution Schedules differently — Texas and Florida, of course, are going…