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
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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
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
Book Recommendation: A Time for Mercy by John Grisham
We’ve recommended John Grisham’s work before, as a whole, in no small part due to his focus upon aspects of criminal defense in death penalty matters. See, “Book Recommendation: John Grisham’s Novels on Death Row and Capital Punishment.”
Florida Supreme Court Ends Comparative Proportionality Review in Death Penalty Cases Overturning Longstanding Precedent
On October 29, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court issued its opinion in Lawrence v. State, No. SC18-2061 (Fla. Oct. 29, 2020). It is another controversial decision from the state’s highest court, and there has been swift reaction against it.
Join the Two Million Plus Listeners to Portrait and Interview of Charlie Jones, Warden and Executioner for the State of Alabama
It’s only around twenty minutes long, and you can watch it on your phone. It’s haunting. Disturbing. Truth be told, I’m surprised to find how it has left me just a bit shaken, and I worry about bad dreams tonight.
Race and the Death Penalty: New Report on Government Misconduct and Wrongful Convictions by NRE
Founded in 2012, the National Registry of Exonerations (NRE) is a joint effort of the (1) Newkirk Center for Science & Society at University of California Irvine, the (2) University of Michigan Law School, (3) Michigan State University College of
Markeith Loyd Hearing: Death Penalty Trial Not Until Spring 2021 – or Later
Today’s hearing in the Markeith Loyd death penalty case resulted in the court’s ruling that the Florida capital case will not go to trial until sometime in Spring 2021, at the earliest.
You can watch a video from a part