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6 Oct 2008, 3:25 pm
"The Supreme Court, opening a new Term Monday, took no action on an appeal testing whether it is unconstitutional to execute a death-row inmate who has a significant claim of innocence. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 9:17 am
"The Supreme Court said Monday lower courts should look again at an appeal from a death row inmate in Florida whose lawyer missed the deadline for asking federal courts to stop his execution. [read post]
2 May 2011, 3:06 pm
Mitts reversed the Sixth Circuit and rejected an Ohio death row inmate's challenge to "virtually the same" penalty phase jury instructions considered and upheld last term in Smith v. [read post]
11 Nov 2024, 9:30 am
California announced on Sunday the unofficial result that voters in the state rejected Proposition 6, which would have amended the Constitution of California to ban state prisons from forcing inmates to work. [read post]
3 Feb 2007, 1:06 pm
" The post echoes my concerns about a SCOTUS docket "filled with criminal cases that have no impact on the vast majority of American inmates. [read post]
13 Jun 2007, 8:38 am
Georgia has not executed a condemned inmate since Robert Dale Conklin on July 12, 2005. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 3:29 pm
In 1995, Michigan prison officials implemented a controversial new policy: Any inmate found guilty of two substance-abuse violations would lose all rights to visits, except from their lawyer or minister. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 2:31 pm
"The attorney for death row inmate Rodney Reed filed a motion Wednesday asking an appeals court for a new trial because of what he cited as new evidence against a former suspect in the murder of Stacey Stites. [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 10:38 am
A South Korean death row inmate has been given leave to make a constitutional challenge to the country's death penalty law.The Gwangju High Court filed the appeal on 3 October on behalf of a 70 year-old who was convicted of murdering four tourists on board his boat, according to The Korea Times.The newspaper reported that he asked the provincial court to file his petition claiming the death penalty is unconstitutional.It said his appeal would be suspended until the Consititutional… [read post]
5 Jun 2007, 6:36 am
The American Civil Liberties Union raised the question with a wide-ranging request for records seeking information on the May 24 execution of an inmate whose veins took 90 minutes to find and whose death came a record-setting 16 minutes after the toxic drugs began to flow. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 8:19 am
The Nebraska Supreme Court has been asked to reject a request that Attorney General Jon Bruning's office be forbidden from further handling the case of death-row inmate Michael Ryan. [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 12:31 pm
Two inmates in the most secure part of an Elizabeth, New Jersey prison escaped this week and are currently at large, reports the New York Times. [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 6:16 pm
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Judges Scrutinize Federal Death Penalty Law in Condemned Inmates’ Challenge; Fate of federal prisoners on death row may hinge on the definition of a single word in the Federal Death Penalty Act: ‘manner. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 11:42 am
We've been monitoring the case of Alabama Death Row Inmate Cory Maples, who had very bad indigent defense counsel even though they were a swanky New York law firm with a prestigious reputation. [read post]
25 May 2016, 9:44 am
According to a recent story from the AP, the state of Tennessee has stopped taking new inmates at its newest facility in Hartsville, TN after only 4 months of operation. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 1:31 am
LEXIS 71893 (SD AL, Sept. 25, 2007), the daughter of death row inmate Thomas Arthur sought a preliminary injunction to prevent authorities from performing an autopsy on her father after his execution. [read post]
17 Aug 2009, 7:51 pm
The newest Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, on Monday night cast her first vote in a death penalty case, joining three other members of the Supreme Court in dissent as the Court permitted the execution Tuesday of an Ohio inmate, Jason Getsy, 33. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 6:32 am
Criminals steal, maim and murder and they get 3 square and rights as inmates that are closely monitored and enforced. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 5:55 pm
From Local10.com (Miami):The evidentiary hearing to retry a death row inmate convicted of murdering a 9-year-old boy concluded with his former defense attorney taking the stand Tuesday.Juan Carlos Chavez has exhausted all of his direct appeals for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Jimmy Ryce. [read post]
8 Feb 2023, 1:59 pm
The US Supreme Court Tuesday declined to block the execution of Missouri inmate Leonard Taylor despite new evidence potentially proving a wrongful conviction. [read post]
