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27 Aug 2007, 10:48 am
A federal appeals court has ruled that a request for mental-health professionals to examine an Arkansas death-row inmate Terrick Nooner should be reconsidered in court. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 6:30 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
An inmate wins his Second Circuit appeal claiming that a state correctional facility denied his rights under federal disability law. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 4:06 pm
One week after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted death row inmate Larry Swearingen a stay of execution, the Texas Tribune examines the case and the scientific evidence: Since his conviction, though, at least 10 different reports from more than a half-dozen scientists have concluded that [the victim's] body tells a different story. [read post]
8 Jan 2018, 10:37 am by Austin Koltonowski
The US Supreme Court [official site] on Monday blocked the execution of Georgia inmate Keith Tharpe, ordering [opinion, PDF] the federal appeals court in Atlanta to examine claims that a juror voted for the death sentence because Tharpe was black. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 5:27 am
April 6, 2007OhioDeath penaltyWe should examine our valuesThe LanternWinter quarter, the Ohio State Department of Theatre put on the play "DeadMan Walking," based on the true story of a nun's experience counseling adeath row inmate in Louisiana. [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 8:37 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
The Court of Appeals (Walker, Winter and Cabranes) says the criminal court did not abuse its discretion in limiting the cross-examination. [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 6:05 am
The Cincinnati Enquirer has this strong article examining the work of the Sixth Circuit in capital habeas cases entitled "The politics of life and death: An inmate's fate often hinges on luck of the draw. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 7:51 am
"Court in Va. examines death row isolation policy": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Virginia's practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement will be reviewed by a federal appeals court in a case that experts say could have repercussions beyond the state's borders. [read post]
15 May 2017, 3:08 pm by [email protected]
A number of Texas inmates have been granted stays of execution this year. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 7:29 am by Steve Hall
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declined to reverse the order. [read post]
6 Nov 2010, 11:07 am by Lyle Denniston
A federal appeals court, seeking to solve a legal puzzle over where a murder case appeal can now go, ruled on Friday that lawyers for Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis have only one option: a new appeal to the Supreme Court. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 5:22 am
July 13, 2007GeorgiaA chance of innocenceState parole board must intervene in death row inmate's caseAtlanta Journal-Constitution, EditorialLast-minute appeals by lawyers to spare the life of a death row inmate arecommon. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 1:25 pm by Amy Howe
When an inmate being held in a state prison believes that his conviction or sentence violated the U.S. [read post]
30 Nov 2003, 10:52 pm
In the US law and business press Monday, the National Law Journal examines AL's death row and the state's failure to provide counsel for inmates convicted of capital crimes so they may file post-conviction petitions after their direct appeals are exhausted.... [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 8:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Austin Statesman's Chuck Lindell reports ("Inmate challenges pedophilia test as junk science," March 2) on a legal challenge by TDCJ inmate Michael Arena - who was convicted of sexually assaulting two young cousins when he was a teenager - to use of a particularly insidious brand of junk science aimed at sex offenders called the Abel Assessment, which is based on similar principles to the penile plethysmograph. [read post]