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Renewed Push for Abolition in Delaware
"Efforts to Repeal Death Penalty Begin Again With New Delaware Legislature," is by Shana O'Malley of WHYY-FM NewsWorks, via NBC Philadelphia. Supporters of ending capital punishment in Delaware are gearing up for another attempt to have a bill passed in... Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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An Update on the Case of Justin Wolfe
Slate posts, "Why Is Justin Wolfe Still in Prison?" It's by Dahlia Lithwick. A few years back, I wrote about prosecutorial misconduct in the Northern Virginia capital murder trial of Justin Wolfe. The case was one of several in the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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An Infographic on Scott Panetti's Case
This infographic touches on several issues in Scott Panetti's case in a visual fashion: Earlier coverage of Scott Panetti's case begins at the link. All prior coverage is in the Scott Panetti category index. The Supreme Court established standards to... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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A Message From StandDown
StandDown will be closing our communications hub on November 14. No new posts will be added to this website, and no new e-mails will be posted to the Google Group after Friday. Both the Google Group archive of e-mails and... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Juvenile LWOP Resentencings Ordered in South Carolina
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruling in Aikens, et al v. Byars is available in Adobe .pdf format. Justice Kaye Hearn wrote for the Court: In this case brought in our original jurisdiction, fifteen inmates who were sentenced to life... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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O'Malley Should End State Death Sentences
That's the title of an editorial in today's Frederick News-Post in Maryland. After years of contentious debate, Maryland last year did away with its death penalty. The legislation, however, did not apply to the four individuals who were already awaiting... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Clemency Petition Filed in Scott Panetti's Case
"Clemency Petition Filed Today: Execution of Scott Panetti Would 'Cross a Moral Line'," is a news release issued by attorneys and advocates for Scott Panetti. Here's the full text: Today, dozens of prominent organizations and individuals from Texas and across... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Lame Duck Legislative Session in Ohio
"Legislative proposal would shield source of Ohio lethal injection drugs, protect experts," is by AP Legal Affairs Writer Andrew Welsh-Huggins. The names of companies whose drugs are used for lethal injection in Ohio would be shielded under legislation introduced Monday... Continue reading
Posted Nov 11, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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In Pennsylvania
The Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer reported, "A new, unusual twist in death-penalty fight," by Joseph A. Slobodzian. Here's the beginning of this report on a complicated case: When condemned fugitive Joseph Kindler was returned to Philadelphia in 1991 after two escapes,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Darby Tillis
The Chicago Sun-Times reports, "Darby Tillis, who fought wrongful convictions after he was freed, dies at 71," by Thomas Frisbie. Darby Tillis, one of the first men to be freed from Illinois’ Death Row, died Sunday morning at Rush Hospital... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Double Jeopardy
That's the title of an article in the November 17 issue of the New Yorker, written by Paige Williams. It's subtitled, "In Alabama, a judge can override a jury that spares a murderer from the death penalty." Here's a brief... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Brady Violation in a Harris County Death Case; Innocence at Issue
"Appeals court resets murder trial after finding evidence withheld," is by Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle. Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday threw out the 2005 conviction and death sentence of Alfred Dewayne Brown after finding that the Harris... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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New AG in Nebraska
"Lincoln attorney will replace Bruning as state attorney general," is by JoAnne Young of the Lincoln Journal Star. For the first time in a dozen years, Nebraska has a new attorney general. Doug Peterson, a Republican, will replace Jon Bruning,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Clarification Sought for Death Row Inmates in Maryland
"Maryland attorney general takes step to rescind death sentences for 4 death row inmates," is by Brian Witte of Associated Press, via the Greenfield Daily Reporter. Maryland's attorney general has taken steps that could result in the revocation of death... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Questions Still Swirling About Scott Panetti's Case
That's the title of an editorial in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Putting aside for a moment the argument over whether Texas ought to be executing people who have mental illness — and the state should not be doing that —... Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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The Kansas Judicial Elections
"Kansans vote to retain justices Lee Johnson, Eric Rosen," is by Tim Potter of the Wichita Eagle. Two Kansas Supreme Court justices facing a vote in Tuesday’s election on whether they should be retained held on in statewide election results,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Returns in Key Governor Elections
"Hickenlooper declares victory; Beauprez refuses to concede in Colorado," is by John Frank and Joey Bunch for the Denver Post. A bleary-eyed John Hickenlooper declared victory in the governor's race Wednesday morning after a long night and early morning waiting... Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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More News Coverage of Scott Panetti's Execution Date
The Texas Tribune posts, "Lawyers Seek New Exam for Death Row Client," by Terri Langford. A schizophrenic Texas death row inmate set for execution in December hasn't been evaluated in nearly seven years, and his mental state may not allow... Continue reading
Posted Nov 4, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Oklahoma Murder Victim's Mother Calls for Commutation of Death Sentence
KTLA-TV posts, "Mother of Murdered Infant Asks Oklahoma Officials Not to Kill Man Convicted of the Crime," by Ashley Soley-Cerro. There is video at the link. The mother of an 11-month-old girl who was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1997... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Rodney Reed's Case
The Austin American-Statesman posts, "Rodney Reed appeal rejected by U.S. Supreme Court," by Chuck Lindell. The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not review an appeal by death row inmate Rodney Reed, putting the Bastrop man one step... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Federal District Judge Jed S. Rakoff in the NY Review of Books
"Why Innocent People Plead Guilty," is the essay by Judge Jed S. Rakoff. It appears in the November 20th issue of the New York Review of Books. Here's the beginning of this must-read: The criminal justice system in the United... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Emergency Motion for Hearing Filed in Scott Panetti Case
The following statement has been issued by Scott Panetti's attorneys: Today, an Emergency Motion for Hearing was filed in state court by attorneys for Scott Panetti, a severely mentally ill man scheduled for execution in Texas on December 3, 2014,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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U.S. Execution, European Abolition
That's the title of a New York Times OpEd by Sylvie Kauffmann. It will appear in tomorrow's print edition. Kauffmann is the editorial director Le Monde. Here's the beginning: When Felix G. Rohatyn went to Paris as the American ambassador... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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In California
"No rush to judgment for Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris," is by Maura Dolan of the Los Angeles Times. Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris, California's top law enforcement officer, had little to say in July when an Orange County federal... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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Oregon Death Sentence Upheld
The Oregon Supreme Court ruling in State v. McAnulty is available in Adobe .pdf format. "Oregon Supreme Court upholds sentence for only woman on state's death row," is by Steven DuBois of Associated Press, via the Greenfield Daily Reporter. The... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2014 at The StandDown Texas Project
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