Investigative journalist M William Phelps just released a book about the Josh Fulgham case — a capital case that Terence Lenamon tried as Fulgham’s criminal defense lawyer in the death penalty case. (We’ve been posting about Terry’s defense in the Fulgham case here.)
Result? Another victory for Terry over the state’s seeking of
We’re getting information now about how the death penalty and capital punishment fared in 2014. The first quarterly report from the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund has been released.
image: Cell on Florida’s Death Row
U.S. Death Row Populations: Most in California, 43% White
From it, we now have statistical confirmation that there
The State of Texas was set to execute Scott Panetti today at six o’clock – but the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just issued a stay of execution – here is the single page issued from the federal appellate court this morning:
Terry Lenamon deals with the issues of death penalty sentencing and
On June 19, 2014, the State of Florida executed John Ruthell Henry, rounding out a 24 hour period where three different executions took place in the United States — the first executions since that horrible event back in April, where Oklahoma’s lethal execution went terribly wrong.
The United States Supreme Court declined to act
The Death Penalty Information Center keeps track of executions in the United States and you can review the list, which includes name, date of death, which state executed the person, and more online here (click on the image):
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A documentary worth your time to watch, here’s the description from YouTube:
Robert Sullivan (EXECUTED), Dane T. Gafford (Danny Gafford( (INCARCARATED), and Dennis Whitney (DIED A PRISONER) tell their stories about the DEATH PENALTY and is it right or wrong. Filmed in 1980, “On Location: Death Row Florida State Prison”, represents the first time
Florida Governor Rick Scott delayed the execution of Marshall Lee Gore back in mid-August, writing a letter to the Florida State Prison warden with a re-set of the execution day to October 1, 2013.
Gore Gets 20 More Days of Life In Controversial Circumstance
This happened shortly after the Florida Supreme Court ruling that considered
The ACLU has a slideshow of various photographs demonstrating the horror of living on Texas’ Death Row. Check it out here.
One example — this photo of one man’s cell on Texas Death Row — here is where the inmate must eat, sleep, read, etc.
No wonder the ACLU has entitled their piece "a
For those of you who saw Terry Lenamon during one of his many visits to Nancy Grace several weeks ago, to discuss the Jodi Arias sentencing phase, you may have heard some questions raised on the death penalty application to women as opposed to men.
Do juries really sentence women to die? Are women