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ReutersLegal posts, "Psychiatrists unveil their long-awaited diagnostic 'bible'," by Sharon Begley. It's an excellent overview of the debate raging over the new publication. The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The StandDown Texas Project
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Public Defender Heads to 8th Circuit Bench
"Jane Kelly's experience rare on US appeals court," is the AP report by Ryan J. Foley. It's also available via ABC News. Jane Kelly will become a federal appeals court judge Friday with an unusual background that supporters say makes... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The StandDown Texas Project
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Innocence Commission Bill Update
Today is the 130th day of the Texas Legislature's 140 day regular session. "Senator Says Innocence Commission Bill is in Trouble," is by Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune. Legislation that would create a commission to review wrongful convictions in... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The StandDown Texas Project
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Perry Signs Criminal Discovery into Law
The Texas Tribune posts, "Perry Signs Michael Morton Act," by Brandi Grissom. With exoneree Michael Morton by his side, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a measure that aims to avoid wrongful convictions by preventing prosecutors from suppressing evidence. "This... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The StandDown Texas Project
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Give the Death Penalty the Chair
That's the title of a Nebraska editorial column in the North Platte Telegraph written by Peter Rogers, the Telegraph's Publisher. It happens about this time every year: the Nebraska Legislature debates the wisdom of eliminating the death penalty. (Or not:... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Texas Execution Date Withdrawn for DNA Testing
The Austin Chronicle posts, "Pruett Gets 60-Day Delay Pending DNA Testing," by Jordan Smith. According to the state of Texas, on Dec. 17, 1999, Robert Pruett, 20, took a sharpened metal rod wrapped with tape and stabbed prison guard Daniel... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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More Calls for Florida Veto
Today's Tallahassee Democrat publishes the editorial, "Speed vs. justice: Be cautious in accelerating executions." Just about the time that many Florida voters again grow tired of the endless appeals and delayed executions of those on Florida’s Death Row, along comes... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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The Dust-Up in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee
"Drama in committee hearing — Sen. Joan Huffman chewed out by witnesses on exoneree bill," is Rodger Jones' post at the Dallas Morning News Opinion blog. Sen. Joan Huffman was chewed out today by witnesses at a Senate hearing after... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Texas Editorials Applaud Legislature's Criminal Justice Reforms
"Morton Act a victory for justice," is the Austin American-Statesman editorial. It's a must-read on the state of major criminal justice reforms in the Texas Legislature. All that remains to be done to make the Michael Morton Act state law... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Texas Execution
Texas carried out its sixth execution of 2013, last night in Huntsville. It was the 498th post-Furman Texas execution since 1982, and the 259th execution conducted under the administration of Governor Rick Perry. Texas has the nation's most active death... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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The Arkansas Lethal Injection Drugs
BBC News reports, "UK-based firm stops selling phenobarbital drug to Arkansas." A UK-based pharmaceutical company has stopped selling a drug to Arkansas because the US state planned to use it to execute prisoners on death row. Drug company Hikma, based... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Colorado News
"Gov. Hickenlooper boxed in on Nathan Dunlap," is the latest from Denver Post columnist Vincent Carroll. We are used to impassioned rhetoric by those who oppose the death penalty. But George Brauchler, district attorney for the 18th Judicial District that... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Sentencing Deal in High Visibility Pennsylvania Case
"Abortion doc set for last court hearing amid deal," is the AP report by Maryclaire Dale, via the San Francisco Chronicle. A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive at his clinic will be formally sentenced in... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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More Commentary From David Love
"Putting the Brakes on Philly's Death Penalty," is David Love's latest essay at Huffington Post. Here's an extended excerpt from the beginning of this must-read: Witness to Innocence is a national organization originally founded as a project of Sister Helen... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Florida Update
"Grotesque Speed for Florida Capital Cases," is the title of an editorial published in today's New York Times. The Timely Justice Act, a grotesquely named bill passed by the Florida Legislature, could get to Gov. Rick Scott as soon as... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Repeal Effort Shows Strength
That's the title of the editorial in today's Lincoln Journal Star on the Nebraska repeal legislation filibustered yesterday. The fact that a majority of state senators seems to favor repeal of the death penalty shows they took the time to... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Texas Execution Scheduled for Wednesday
Texas is scheduled to carry out its sixth execution of 2013, tonight in Huntsville. It would be the 498th post-Furman Texas execution since 1982, and the 259th execution conducted under the administration of Governor Rick Perry. Texas has the nation's... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Another Florida Exoneration Looming?
"Lawyers Say DNA Clears Florida Inmate in Two Killings," is the New York Times report by Lizette Alvarez. Seven years after he was sentenced to death in the fatal stabbings of two Florida women, Clemente Javier Aguirre appeared in a... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Nebraska Repeal Legislation Filibustered
The Lincoln Journal Star posts, "Death penalty bill dead for the year," by Kevin O'Hanlon. A bill to abolish Nebraska's death penalty perished for the year Tuesday when supporters were unable to muster enough votes to end a filibuster against... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Exonerated Prisoners Are Winning the Fight Against the Death Penalty
That's the title of an article in the current edition of the Nation, written by David Love, the executive director of Witness to Innocence. The subtitle is, "'I killed the thing that almost killed me,' said Kirk Bloodsworth, who faced... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Missouri Cost Study Legislation Dead
"Mo. Senate defeats study of death penalty costs," is the AP report, via KMBZ-FM. The Missouri Senate has rejected a proposal to study the costs of the state's death penalty. The measure by Democratic Sen. Joe Keaveny, of St. Louis,... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Texas Criminal Discovery One Vote From Governor's Desk
The Longview News-Journal posts AP coverage, "House OKs Morton criminal justice bill." The House on Monday approved the Michael Morton Act, a measure designed to prevent wrongful convictions and named in honor of a Texan who spent nearly 25 years... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Nebraska Repeal Bill May Be Stuck
"Bill abolishing the death penalty could be in peril," is the Lincoln Journal Star report by Kevin O'Hanlon. For the first time in 34 years, a majority of Nebraska lawmakers seems to support abolishing the state's death penalty. But a... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Denver Post Editorial Calls for Commutation in Dunlap Case
"Sympathy for Nathan Dunlap? No. Clemency? Yes.," is the Denver Post editorial. Hickenlooper ought to grant the petition, but not because Dunlap is a miscast character caught in bad circumstances, no matter how hard his lawyers have worked hard to... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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Racism in a Texas Death Case
That's the title of a New York Times editorial on the case of Duane Buck. It appeared in the Saturday edition. In the annals of racism in the Texas criminal justice system, seven death penalty cases are in a class... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at The StandDown Texas Project
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