Back in May 2012, Terry Lenamon in his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Florida Capital Resource Center, wrote to Les Garringer, the Executive Director of the Florida Innocence Commision, to explain how recent Florida laws have impacted the ability of Florida capital defense attorneys to effectively do their jobs, which is
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Terry Lenamon Moves to Disqualify the Courts in Two Death Penalty Cases Based on Florida Statute 27.5304
He is arguing that the Florida Statute 27.5304 not only establishes how private court-appointed counsel are…
Death Penalty in 2011: Amnesty International’s Global Overview
Terry Lenamon Asks You to Check Out BBC Documentary on Death Penalty
From Terry —
Friends,
If you have a chance please listen to the BBC Radio Documentary done by Liz Green on the death penalty in Florida. Pay special attention to the State Attorney Angela Corey’s (Jacksonville) statements regarding the death penalty.
– Thanks,
Terry
Here’s the link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c1k871gz10nt5pg/QkEGyMys5t?m
It’s a MP3 file, lasts 58 minutes. …
Terence Lenamon Wins Again: Florida Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence of Wadada Delhall
Terry Lenamon knows what he’s doing in a courtroom, and here – from the opinion that just came down from the Florida Supreme Court, reversing the death sentence of Wadada Delhall which is making the national news along with international media coverage — is a great example of Terence Lenamon’s expertise at work.
It’s more…
Death Watch Diary by Robert Towery Available on Amazon as 99 Cent EBook
Robert Towery was executed by the State of Arizona on March 8, 2012. No one would know better than Mr. Towery about how life is on Death Row as execution approaches.
His diary of the last 30 days on Arizona’s Death Row, on Death Watch, has been published as an ebook on Amazon.com and it’s…
10 Things To Know About Florida’s Death Row
Here are ten (10) things that you might not know about Florida’s Death Row (facts courtesy of the Florida Department of Corrections):
1. The Executioner gets paid $150.00 to kill someone in a State of Florida execution.
2. There are three Death Rows in Florida. Women* facing capital punishment live in Lowell, Florida, at…
Arkansas Supreme Court Finds Arkansas Death Penalty Statute Unconstitutional
Yesterday, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued its opinion that the state law providing for capital punishment in the State of Arkansas is unconstitutional. Which means that the men setting on Arkansas’ Death Row must be grateful to the 10 men who filed this appeal and drove this issue to the highest court in that…
U.S. Death Row in 2012: NAACP Death Row USA Study for Spring 2012 Released
This week, a new study was released on the state of Death Row here in America, surveying both the various state death rows as well as federal. Here are some interesting facts from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Death Row USA quarterly report, Spring 2012 edition:
- there aren’t as many people awaiting execution –
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Florida Innocence Commission’s Final Meeting: Adequate Funding of Defense Attorneys Key Issue in Justice
The Florida Innocence Commission met this week at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando; it was the last meeting for the Florida Innocence Commission since Governor Rick Scott vetoed the bill that would fund the FIC and allow it to continue.
Read the details on how and why Governor Rick Scott killed the Florida Innocence…