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This month, the question is raised once again about what the condemned actually experience when undergoing lethal injection, and whether or not this constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. It appears that the executioners’ perspective on what is taking place and those of the execution witnesses may be far, far different. Read, “Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases,” written by Michael Tarm and published by the Associated Press on February 17, 2021.…
Commutation vs. Resentencing Hearings in Death Penalty Cases
As President Biden takes office, activists against the federal death penalty are hopeful that he will commute the death sentences of those who sit on the Federal Death Row. See, e.g., “Dems Squad members try to save the worst killers of all: Pressley and Bush demand Biden commutes sentences of all 49 federal prisoners on death row, including Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof and Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,” written by Martin Gould…
Recommended Video: Ted Talk on U.S.Death Penalty
Recommended Video: a February 2016 TED Talk given by Nick McKeown, a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. As a college student in the United Kingdom, McKeown ran the UK student chapter of Amnesty International, and since 1999, Nick has fought to end the death penalty in the United States.
Some of the data is dated, but sadly much of it rings as true today as it did five years ago.…
Florida Supreme Court: How Victory of Lenamon Client Michael James Jackson Impacts Future Death Penalty Defense
The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of death penalty reinstatement defense arguments in the capital case of Michael James Jackson, a case on Terence Lenamon’s trial docket back in April 2019. For details, read “Hurst: Terence Lenamon Defending Michael Jackson in Jacksonville Beginning June 10, 2019.”
Florida attorney Maria Deliberato was appointed to the Jackson appeal. Terry: “She did a great job!”
Read the November 25,2020 Florida Supreme Court opinion in …
Death Penalty in the Year of COVID: the DPIC 2020 Year-End Report
The Death Penalty Information Center has released the annual year-end report: it’s a recommended read.
In the 2020 Year End Report from the Death Penalty Information Center, perhaps the most shocking revelation is its tally of ten (10) executions within a five (5) month time period by the federal government. These are civilian executions, not involving the military. For more on that distinction read our earlier post, 10 Things to Know About U.S. Death Penalty …