We’ve written about the conditions over on California’s Death Row and how at least one inmate has made the news requesting the death penalty because life would be better for him on Death Row rather than serving life imprisonment at another California facility. (Read our posts about Billy Joe Johnson here.)
Now, a
So far, only one execution has occurred in 2012 in the United States: the January 6, 2012, execution of Gary Welch by a three-drug lethal injection (using phenobarbital) by the State of Oklahoma.
2012 US Execution Schedule
The Death Penalty Information Center updated its 2012 Execution Schedule on January 23, 2012, and it’s pretty amazing
We’ve been monitoring the case of Alabama Death Row Inmate Cory Maples, who had very bad indigent defense counsel even though they were a swanky New York law firm with a prestigious reputation.
For details, read our earlier post on Mr. Maples and how his mother saved the day – and probably his life.
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The Pew Research Center has just released its latest study, and it’s making the media rounds today. Seems their study finds that a solid majority of Americans – sixty-two percent (62%) — are in favor of the death penalty.
Read the Pew report online here, entitled "Continued Support for the Death Penalty."
Admist the Orlando Sentinel’s column covering television – with the series finales of The Closer and the continued success of NCIS, TV Guy Hal Boedeker took the time to talk with Terry Lenamon about one chapter of his new book (see it there in the left sidebar).
Interestingly, Hal Boedeker was focused on one chapter of
Heinous, atrocious and cruel – these words describe the crimes that Terence ("Terry") Lenamon defends on a daily basis as one of Florida’s select group of death-qualified attorneys.
Terry achieved national recognition as a death-qualified defense trial lawyer with his representation of some of Florida’s most well-known and most reviled defendants. His cases
Fascinating news out of the Death Penalty Information Center: in 2011, there were only 43 executions after 2010’s 46 and 78 new death sentences were given to defendants in 2011 after 112 in 2010. That’s the big news: 112 down to 78 new sentences of death is record-breaking.
This week, the New York Times wrote a short article informing its readers of the case that is going before the United States Supreme Court out of California, Martel v. Clair (you can follow the case online via the USSCt docket ). The High Court will be considering the following issue – and only this issue
There’s a new blog to check out for those who are interested in the death penalty, published by Athina Ouranidou. It’s entitled "Artists vs. Death Penalty."
Athina is in her final year as a law student at Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom. She’s opposed to the death penalty, and has started
Florida has exonerated more Death Row Inmates than any other state in the nation – 23 inmates, to date – and that’s something we all need to be taking very, very seriously.
Which is exactly what has been happening over in Tallahassee, where a panel made up of respected academics, experts on death penalty legalities