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16 Sep 2009, 1:15 pm
This AP article, which is headlined "No retrial for condemned man after judge-DA affair," reports on a notable ruling from the highest criminal court in Texas: A Texas death row inmate won't be able to argue for a new trial, despite admissions of an affair between his trial judge and the prosecutor, a court announced Wednesday. [read post]
24 Oct 2007, 8:35 am
"Death Penalty Be Not Proud, Courts Reckon": The New York Sun today contains an article that begins, "By vacating the death sentence of New York's last death row inmate, the Court of Appeals yesterday sent Albany a clear message: The resurrection of capital punishment in this state won't be achieved by judicial intervention but only by the will of the Legislature. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 8:28 am
LINKA Chattanooga Death Row inmate goes before a federal judge in Nashville today to challenge the state's death penalty protocol. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 11:06 am
The standard joke in prisoner litigation is the inmate who is a member of the Church of the Daily Steak, whose mandatory sacrament is a USDA choice filet mignon, medium rare, with mushroom sauce. [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 11:21 am
Senator Diane Allen (R- Burlington/Camden) applauded emergency Senate action to repeal New Jersey’s early inmate release statute. [read post]
28 May 2010, 1:17 am
Jeffrey Archer donated royalties from his prison diary to the People’s Opportunity to Work (POW) Trust, which has helped hundreds of former inmates rebuild their lives. [read post]
26 Sep 2023, 2:45 am
Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Texas death row inmate at mercy of supreme court – and junk science (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian) Why Thousands Of Prisoners Could Be Spared Because Of A Supreme Court Case Over The Word ‘And’ (Alison Durkee, Forbes) Civil rights groups’ power to sue undermined by appellate ruling (Hassan Kanu, Reuters) Supreme Court to consider taking case tied to NC ‘ag-gag’ law (CJ Staff, The Carolina Journal) The… [read post]
24 Aug 2008, 4:58 am
The detainees, many of them elderly fruit farmers from villages along Georgia's northern border, said male inmates were forced to clean streets and bury the war dead, and occasionally endured beatings that left them with bruises and welts. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 8:54 am
American Statesman - "Ask the Texas Department of Criminal Justice how many book and magazine titles it has reviewed over the years to determine if the reading material is suitable for its inmates, and officials will give you a precise number: 89,795. [read post]
25 Jun 2007, 10:48 pm
This BBC News piece presents an intriguing account of some inmates' experiences with faith-based prison programming at the Tucker Correctional Facility, near Little Rock, Arkansas (hat tip: Corrections Sentencing). [read post]
4 Jan 2007, 8:51 am
Several described Williams, 36, as a well-behaved inmate who has remained positive. [read post]
20 Oct 2008, 3:54 pm
On September 23, just hours before Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis was to be executed, the U.S. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 10:44 am
Researchers from Colorado have a new report out which reports that inmates subjected to administrative segregation were not significantly harmed by administrative segregation housing. [read post]
1 May 2012, 8:18 am
The Oregonian published a riveting account of sex abuse and assault at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility: "Abuse of women inmates at Oregon's Coffee Creek prison goes on for years," by Les Zaitz, April 29, 2012. [read post]
17 Oct 2024, 7:34 am
Here’s the Thursday morning read: ‘Shaken baby’ death row inmate Robert Roberson turns to Supreme Court to halt his execution (Kiara Alfonseca & Devin Dwyer, ABC News) EPA foes lost Supreme Court bid to stop carbon rule. [read post]
31 May 2007, 6:56 am
The Onion parodies Supreme Court decisionmaking in a "landmark" neuroethics case "which challenged the extent to which the Eighth Amendment permits the execution of a mentally ill death row inmate who has a factual awareness of the reason for his punishment but does not comprehend its retributive nature. [read post]
25 Jul 2007, 12:30 pm
During jury selection Wednesday in the case of inmate Terry Lee Alexander, all seven jurors admitted to attorneys that they have masturbated. [read post]
19 Nov 2006, 10:31 am
It begins:CROWN POINT | On Saturday morning, 12 inmates sat in the clothes they were arrested in Friday night, waiting to see if they could catch a break on their bond. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 6:16 pm
On Thursday last week, the Ohio Public Defender filed suit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court seeking an injunction to prevent the execution of death row inmates with a 'cocktail' composed of 3 different drugs. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 10:28 am
Thursday's move comes after Arizona corrections officials announced they now will allow execution witnesses to watch as prison staff insert catheters into the condemned inmate. [read post]
