Here’s the status of the pending challenge to the Timely Justice Act as passed by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Florida Governor Rick Scott, as of July 25:
From the Florida Supreme Court’s online docket:
1. On July 16, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court granted the Motion for Leave to File Amicus
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
Embedded from CA Innocence Project
Up in Maryland, there are some folk who are fierce in their efforts to get the Maryland death penalty statute overturned this year. Today, news reports out of Baltimore are that their efforts have brought things down to one, single vote needed to get their proposal through the state senate.
Then, things will move
Iowa hasn’t had a death penalty in over 50 years but public outrage over the deaths of two girls has spurred a new effort to re-institute capital punishment in Iowa.
The governor is fine with it, but it’s a state senator named Kent Sorenson that is spearheading the effort to get a capital
The West Memphis Three were freed a little over a year ago after lots of support and efforts to make the public aware of what was happening to these three men. Major public figures from Johnny Depp to Oliver Stone to Ozzy Osborne all worked to bring justice in this case (details and background here)
Capital punishment is making lots of news these days, as sending defendants to their death as punishment for their crimes seems to be a hot topic across the country. Consider the following:
1. California will vote on whether or not to abolish the death penalty in November 2012 as Proposition 34 is on the ballot.
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.
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
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