The ACLU has a slideshow of various photographs demonstrating the horror of living on Texas’ Death Row. Check it out here.
One example — this photo of one man’s cell on Texas Death Row — here is where the inmate must eat, sleep, read, etc.
No wonder the ACLU has entitled their piece "a
On June 26, 2013, a formal challenge to the new Timely Justice Act (read about this new law here) was filed before the Florida Supreme Court. The image above is the acknowledgment by the state High Court — and with it, an online notice that
Because of significant public and media interest in
For those of you who saw Terry Lenamon during one of his many visits to Nancy Grace several weeks ago, to discuss the Jodi Arias sentencing phase, you may have heard some questions raised on the death penalty application to women as opposed to men.
Do juries really sentence women to die? Are women
Edith Jones is a Justice and the former Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit – and as appellate lawyers will tell you, there’s so much power to be found in federal appellate courts. Not many cases make it past that level of review to the United States
Liz Green is the brainchild behind a new BBC Radio documentary dealing with capital punishment, it’s entitled "Death Row, A Journey From West Yorkshire to The Execution Chambers Of America."
It’s worth your time: of note, this documentary is a finalist in the New York International Radio Festival Awards.
Conceived, written, produced and presented
Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed the death warrant for Florida Death Row inmate William Van Poyck and right now Mr. Van Poyck’s execution is scheduled for June 12, 2013.
However, whether or not that Execution will happen is an open question. On May 24, 2013, a formal motion to stay the execution was filed
As readers know, Terry Lenamon is a nationally known expert in mitigation trial work on death penalty cases. For those watching the media coverage of the Arias’ case, the work to which Terry has dedicated his life is exemplified in the stage that this trial entered when the jury verdict returned with a guilty verdict.
Last week, the Governor of the State of Maryland signed a bill presented to him by the Maryland legislature and with his signature, the death penalty was abolished in Maryland.
In doing so, Gov. Martin O’Malley brought Maryland into the history books as the sixth state in as many years to do away with
The Senate has passed the Timely Justice Bill and now all that it needs to become Florida law is the approval of Florida Governor Rick Scott.
Today, there is an excellent piece in the Sun Sentinel on what this means to justice in the Sunshine State: it’s written by Gary Stein and it’s worth your
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