Recently, the Tampa Bay Times published a guest column by former Florida Supreme Court justice Raoul Cantero and Mark Schlakman, senior program director for the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights at Florida State University and board chairman for the Innocence Project of Florida. Schlakman also is a past member of the American Bar
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Terry Lenamon Defends Josh Fulgham who Faces Death Penalty in Heather Strong Murder Case
Terry Lenamon is currently in trial defending another high profile defendant, Joshua Fulgham, who is accused of killing his wife Heather Strong (read the Wikipedia article on her murder here). The trial is taking place in Marion County, Florida.
For blog readers who follow Terry’s trial work, here are some links to the day’s…
Will Florida Execute Robert Brian Waterhouse Tomorrow? Two Men Decide: Scott and Thomas
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Florida’s Execution Schedule has tomorrow, February 15, 2012, as the day that Robert Brian Waterhouse will die for the murder of Deborah Kammerer back in September 1980. Yes, if you do the math you’ll find that it has been over 30 years since Waterhouse was convicted of this crime and this latest execution date.
Will…
2012 Execution Schedule
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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…
New Pew Study Has 62% Americans Favor Death Penalty – While Some See De Facto Abolishing of Capital Punishment Today: Is Cohen Right?
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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."…
First Time in 35 Years: Number of Death Sentences Less Than 100 In U.S. – What’s Going On
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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.
Florida State University Law School Forum: Panel of Experts Targets Florida Death Penalty
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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…
Texas Death Row’s Hank Skinner Execution Stayed as Focus Shifts to Prosecutors’ Actions
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DNA testing for Death Row inmates gets a lot of attention over in Texas, but it’s really a national issue — and lots of eyes are turned to Austin this week as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the November 8, 2011, execution of Hank Skinner. Skinner’s fight is far from over: the opinion states…
Ohio May Execute 66 Year Old Reginald Brooks on November 15: Clemency Requests and Court Rulings Are Not Favorable
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Over in Ohio, Reginald Brooks and his ace defense team are fighting against an execution date of November 15, 2011, when Brooks is scheduled for capital punishment in the homicides of his three sons, killed long ago while they slept (in 1982).
A federal district judge has failed to find error in the changes…
Florida HB 4051 Introduced to End Death Penalty in Florida
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The Florida House of Representatives will be addressing the issue of capital punishment, as the memories of Georgia’s execution of Troy Davis and Florida’s execution of Manuel Valle are still fresh in the minds of legislators and the public at large.
State Representative Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda (D-Tallahassee) has introduced HB 4051, which will now proceed…