Two years ago, in January 2016, SCOTUS issued its decision in Hurst v. Florida and now, in January 2018, the Florida Supreme Court has issued its rulings in over two dozen requests by Florida Death Row inmates for new sentencing hearings based upon Hurst’s concerns regarding non-unanimous sentencing recommendations under the old Florida death penalty
Trial Lawyer’s College Podcast: Terence Lenamon on the Death Penalty
Recently, Scott Glovsky interviewed Terry Lenamon for Trial Lawyer Talk.
Interview of Death Penalty Defense Lawyer Terence Lenamon
Included in the interview is a discussion of Terry’s recent representation of Byron Burch.
Terry’s client faced prosecutors seeking his death based upon a guilty verdict in the particularly violent murder of Brooksville schoolteacher Sarah Davis.
Death Penalty: Four Things to Watch in 2018
The Marshall Project has published its analysis of the state of the Death Penalty as we enter into 2018. See, "What to Know About the Death Penalty in 2018," by Maurice Chammah of the Marshall Project and published in the ABA Journal.
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Terence Lenamon Closing Argument Transcript in Bannister Death Penalty Phase
Here is the transcript of the closing argument made by Terence Lenamon in the death penalty case of James Edward Bannister.
Lenamon Closing Argument in Death Penalty Phase:
The jury did note vote for death after hearing this argument. Why not? Read it for yourself.
For more on the James Bannister case, read:
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DPIC Year End Report for US Death Penalty 2017
The latest Death Penalty Information Center Year End Report has been published and you can access it here.
Summary of the 2017 DPIC Year End Report:
Hidalgo v Arizona SCOTUS Update: Is No News Good News?
Updating our prior post on the case of Hidalgo v Arizona, where a petition to the Supreme Court of the United States has been filed on behalf of Arizona Death Row inmate Abel Hidalgo.
This is the case that some argue could result in a SCOTUS finding that capital punishment is unconstitutional. For details read
Opening Statements and Closing Arguments in James Bannister Death Penalty Trial
What do the prosecutors and the defense attorneys say to the jury in a death penalty case, when those 12 people are going to decide whether or not the defendant should be sentenced to death?
Real life isn’t like those short speeches we see on the TV shows like Law and Order. For those interested
James Bannister Victory and Florida Death Penalty in 2018
With the execution of Patrick Hannon earlier this month, the State of Florida has completed its execution schedule for 2017.
Lenamon Victory in James Bannister Trial
Terence Lenamon has just successfully defeated attempts by prosecutors to get the death penalty in two capital cases this fall. In both the James Bannister and William Wells prosecutions