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Penal Reform International, Thailand Institute of Justice: Global Prison Trends, 2018 GLOBAL PRISON TRENDS 2018 SPECIAL FOCUS Pull-out section The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders in the era of sustainable development Global Prison Trends 2018 This document is co-published and produced with financial assistance from the Thailand Institute of Justice …
Article • March 12, 2018
Most American Indian Tribes Oppose Death Penalty, Regardless of Crime by by Dale Chappell Most American Indian tribes believe the criminal justice system does not work, at least "not in a sufficient way that they would opt into the [federal] death penalty," says Melissa Tatum, a research professor at the …
Article • February 16, 2018 • from CLN March, 2018
Louisiana Indigent Defendants Face Death Penalty Without Lawyers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The indigent defense crisis in Louisiana continues, but it is now taking a new and more ominous direction. In order to fund local public defenders, the state has taken $3 million from capital defenders, leaving at …
Article • February 16, 2018 • from CLN March, 2018
Seventh Circuit: Capital Case Defendant Denied Pro Se Right Granted Habeas Relief by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted a state prisoner’s petition for habeas corpus relief because the prisoner was denied his right to proceed pro se at trial, in …
Fourth Circuit Vacates Brady Claim Denial in Capital Case and Rebukes Prosecutors by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia abused its discretion in dismissing Anthony Juniper’s Brady claim without holding …
Death Penalty Information Center - Behind the Curtain - Secrecy and the Death Penalty, 2018 BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States A report by the Death Penalty Information Center Principal Author: Robin …
Article • December 28, 2017
Supreme Court Sets Aside Complicated Pennsylvania Death Penalty Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court on June 9, 2016 overturned the action of relief by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, that vacated the decision of a post conviction court that found the death penalty conviction  of Terrence …
Article • December 28, 2017
Connecticut Supreme Court: Death Penalty Abolition is Retroactive by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut ruled that to execute a person following the state legislature's prospective abolition of the death penalty would violate the state constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. …
Article • December 22, 2017
Tennessee’s Death Penalty on Hold by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Capital punishment is on hold in Tennessee. The Tennessee Supreme Court halted execution to allow lower courts to hold hearings on the new lethal injection protocol. Meanwhile, attorneys for death row prisoners are arguing the death penalty is …
Article • December 19, 2017 • from CLN January, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Habeas Relief Citing AEDPA Deference by Brandon Sample by Brandon Sample, Esq. If you are a state prisoner hoping to find a sympathetic ear for a federal habeas petition, two recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court illustrate the challenges one must overcome. Kernan v. Cuero …
Article • December 19, 2017 • from CLN January, 2018
Supreme Court Holds Texas May Not Use Outdated Standards to Determine Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty Cases by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a 5-3 opinion handed down on March 28, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (“CCA”) violated the Eighth Amendment …
Article • December 19, 2017 • from CLN January, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Temporarily Throws Florida’s Death Machine Into Disarray and Prompts Change to State’s Death Penalty by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following the 2016 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), which concluded that Florida’s death penalty sentencing scheme violated …
Article • December 11, 2017
Man Wrongly Imprisoned on Death Row for 28 Years May Sue Ohio by Dale Johnston was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter and her boyfriend and sentenced to death. The decision of a three-judge panel in 1984 was based in part on testimony from a hypnotized witness. He always denied having …
Article • November 16, 2017
State Bar of Texas Pursuing Disciplinary Action against Prosecutor Who Lied about Deals with Jailhouse Informants in Capital Case by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In September 25, 2017, the State Bar of Texas filed a disciplinary action against former Harris County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth A. Exley. She is …
Article • November 16, 2017
Seventh Circuit Vacates Death Sentence Because Stun Belt Worn by Defendant Contaminated Penalty Phase by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated a death sentence, finding that requiring the defendant to wear a stun belt at trial contaminated the penalty phase. …
Article • November 16, 2017 • from CLN December, 2017
Kentucky Court Rules Death Penalty Statute Applied to Defendant under 21 Years Old Unconstitutional by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On August 1, 2017, a Kentucky trial court judge declared the state’s death penalty statute unconstitutional when applied to defendants who were younger than 21 years of age at the …
Brief • October 10, 2017
Kirkpatrick v. Chappell, CA, Death Penalty, Habeas, 2017 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, JR., Petitioner-Appellant, v. No. 14-99001 D.C. No. 2:96-cv-00351WDK KEVIN CHAPPELL, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central …
Publication • June 7, 2017
The Justice Institute - Innocence Database Exoneration Report, 2016 2016 INNOCENTS DATABASE EXONERATION REPORT By Hans Sherrer The Justice Institute 2016 Innocents Database Exoneration Report Copyright © 2017 by Hans Sherrer Permission is granted to publish content in this report with the sole proviso that credit for the source must …
Fair Punishment Project - Prisoners on Ohio's Execution List Defined by..., 2017 PRISONERS​ ​ON​ ​OHIO’S​ ​EXECUTION​ ​LIST​ ​DEFINED​ ​BY INTELLECTUAL​ ​IMPAIRMENT,​ ​MENTAL​ ​ILLNESS,​ ​TRAUMA,​ ​AND YOUNG​ ​AGE INTRODUCTION On​ ​July​ ​26,​ ​2017,​ ​Ohio​ ​ended​ ​its​ ​three-year​ ​execution​ ​moratorium​ ​and​ ​put​ ​Ronald​ ​Phillips​ ​to death.​ ​ ​Phillips,​ ​19​ ​at​ ​the​ ​time​ …
Human Rights Clinic - Designed to Break You, UT School of Law, 2017 Designed to Break You HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ON TEXAS’ DEATH ROW APRIL 2017 A R E P O RT F R O M T H E H U M A N R I G H T S …
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