Justice Raoul Cantero III knows his stuff: he’s served as a justice on the Florida Supreme Court. So does Mark Schlakman, who has been a senior program director at the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights at Florida State University. When these two team up to write an opinion piece, you betcha I’m gonna
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New Tool for Those Involved in the Death Penalty Fight: a Searchable Database of Death Row Inmates that can be Edited
Posted in Death Penalty Resources
The Death Penalty Information Center is providing details on their website regarding a new online tool for those interested in the death penalty. Created by OpposingViews.com, an entire database of information on Death Row inmates in this country has been provided for our free use.
What’s encouraging about this particular project is that this…
In Depth Look at the Law: China’s Death Penalty – 3: Who are the Falun Gong? Why are they targeted for execution and organ harvesting?
Posted in Death Penalty - Other Countries, Execution Methods
This is third part of our new Friday Legal Memo Series – In Depth Look at the Law, where we’re focusing on an international horror that is not getting enough attention. In China, people are being executed inside mobile death vans, vehicles that drive from village to village. First, the victim is killed inside the…
Casey Anthony Case: The Defense Requests that the Death Penalty be Taken Off the Table and Here’s My Response to Your Questions, as Casey Anthony’s Prior Death Penalty Attorney.
Posted in Death Penalty Resources
Today, the news media is reporting that defense counsel for Casey Anthony (Prof. Andrea Lyon, Jose Baez) have filed a motion with the court challenging the State of Florida’s decision to seek the death penalty.
I am proactiving providing my response to the questions that I have received already and assumedly will continue to receive…
Today, the US Supreme Court Considers Whether Victim of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Can Suffer the Death Penalty
Posted in Fact Issues - Death Penalty
The U.S. Supreme Court is back at work, and today it will begin deciding whether or not it will hear the case of Holmes v. Louisiana. What’s at stake is whether or not Brandy Holmes, who is only 23 years old and suffers mental retardation as a result of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, should die…
In Depth Look at the Law: China’s Death Penalty -2: Truly Inhumane Killings Are Happening in China Under the Guise of Capital Punishment
Posted in Death Penalty - Other Countries, Execution Methods
This is second part of our new Friday Legal Memo Series – In Depth Look at the Law, where we’re focusing on an international horror that is not getting enough attention. In China, people are being executed inside mobile death vans, vehicles that drive from village to village. First, the victim is killed inside the…
A Must Read: Exonerated Florida Death Row Inmate Juan Melendez Gives First Hand Account of His Summary Arrest, 5 Day Trial, and 18 Years on Death Row Before Being Released as an Innocent Man
Posted in Players in a Death Penalty Case
Today, Emory University posted an article detailing the talk that Juan Melendez gave to Emory’s new Criminal Law Society. (Amnesty International sponsored the event.) It is simply a must-read for those interested in the current criminal justice system in the State of Florida, especially those dealing with the imposition of the death penalty in our…
Great Book to Read Especially If It’s For Free, Online – The Death Penalty: A WorldWide Perspective
Posted in Death Penalty - Other Countries
Roger Hood’s The Death Penalty: a WorldWide Perspective is a great book. This is true, even if it may be in need of a revised edition, given that this version was published in 2003.
And, if you sign up for a free trial at Questia.com, you can read his book for free … this is…
It Can Happen Overnight: Japan Suspends the Death Penalty
Posted in Death Penalty - Other Countries, Execution Methods
Remembering back to a couple of months ago, we posted about three executions taking place in Japan, in just one week.
Well, here’s how fast things can change: Japan has effectively nixed capital punishment today. How? By the appointment of Keiko Chiba as the country’s new Justice Minister. A lifelong opponent of the death penalty,…
Read Gamso on Botched Executions ….
Posted in Death Penalty - States
Given that today’s news has a federal judge ordering the deposition of Romell (thx Jeff!) Broom to testify regarding the botched execution last week (for details, check our post here) … a great read on all this mess can be found on Gamso – For the Defense, in an article entitled “…