Terence Lenamon works to defend all his clients who are facing the possibility of capital punishment, and he works particularly hard for those defendants who have mental capacity issues based upon psychological and/or physical concerns.
Mitigating factors in these areas should prevent these individuals from being given the death penalty, much less being
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in the case of Brumfield v. Cain, a death penalty case coming out of Louisiana and filed by Death Row inmate Kevan Brumfield.
It’s true that there have been two state governors who recently halted executions in their state, pointing to the pending action by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Both the governor of the State of Ohio and the governor of Pennsylvania have used their executive power to stop any executions from happening in their two states
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider the case of Glossip v. Gross (coming out of Oklahoma) which is a death penalty case that may have national impact on how capital punishment is handled by Florida, Texas, and the rest of the country.
Image: State of Florida Execution Chamber No. 3
In Glossip, the
The State of Georgia executed Warren Hill today, despite arguments that Mr. Hill was intellectually disabled. Last minute arguments made to the Supreme Court were unsuccessful.
The Supreme Court issued orders today in the Hill case are important to all death penalty defense issues as hints regarding how the High Court will be ruling
Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for his work, and his column is published twice a week in the Miami Herald.
Recently, Mr Pitts expressed his opinion on capital punishment in this country in a piece that Terry Lenamon thought should be shared here, for those interested in the death
Terry Lenamon received the following information from Kathryn Kase regarding her fight to stop Scott Panetti from being executed by the State of Texas, and we are sharing the following here:
Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti from Off Center Media on Vimeo.
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On Thursday, November 6, 2014, the trial court
The State of Texas has scheduled the execution of Scott Panetti for December 3, 2014, despite the fact that Mr. Panetti has been diagnosed to suffer from both schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
During his criminal trial, there was quite a bit of hoopla as Scott Panetti represented himself at trial, appearing before the court in
Terence Lenamon will have the honor of being part of a panel discussion on death penalty issues with Sister Helen Prejean next month (see our previous post for time and date details).
As for what that panel discussion might include, check out this video of Sister Helen discussing “Together We Can End the Death