Death Penalty
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The blog published by Terence Lenamon, P.A. focuses on issues related to the death penalty, including legal defense strategies, execution methods, and legislative developments. It covers high-profile capital cases, exploring topics such as police excessive force, insanity defenses, and the constitutionality of jury selection in death penalty trials. The blog also discusses the interplay between court precedents and legislative efforts to reform or restrict capital punishment, including bills addressing the execution of mentally ill defendants. Additionally, it highlights recommended readings and essays that critique the death penalty system in the United States.
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Death Penalty in 2019: New Amnesty International Report
By Reba Kennedy
Amnesty International has released its compilation of global data on the use of capital punishment around the world, from sentencing to execution. Read the report, entitled “Death Penalty in 2019: Facts and Figures,” here.
Among the findings from…
TV Coverage of Markeith Loyd Death Penalty Trial on May 13, 2020 by the Law & Crime Network
By Reba Kennedy
Tomorrow, on May 13, 2020, from 2-2:30 pm EST, the Law & Crime network will be discussing the Markeith Loyd trial where the State of Florida is seeking the death penalty, and Terence Lenamon is defending.
Lenamon Joins with Law…
Motion for Compensation of Jurors in Markeith Loyd Trial In Light of COVID-19 filed by Terence Lenamon
By Reba Kennedy
This week, Terence Lenamon filed the following motion in the death penalty trial of Markeith Loyd and the full text has been made available as a public service in his Online Library:
Rod Ferrell Found “Irreparably Corrupt” by Florida Circuit Court in Re-Sentencing Hearing
By Reba Kennedy
Florida Circuit Judge G. Richard Singeltary has denied Rod Ferrell his request for a reduction of his life sentence in a re-sentencing hearing where he was represented by Terence Lenamon.
The request was made in response to a SCOTUS ruling…
Coronavirus and the Death Penalty: Executions and Prosecutions
By Reba Kennedy
The Coronavirus Pandemic has caused trials to be put on hold in Florida and elsewhere in the country, as efforts to “slow the spread” prohibit groups of people to enter courthouses either as jurors, defense attorneys, prosecutors, or…
Coronavirus and the Death Penalty: University of Miami’s Goodman Joins Doctors In Asking States for Execution Drugs to use in COVID-19 Treatment
By Reba Kennedy
Lethal injection is the most common method of execution in the United States, albeit more and more alternative methods are being used as concerns grow over the use of intravenous drugs as a killing tool.
The Coronavirus Pandemic has shed…
Trial Lawyers College Interview with TLC Faculty Member Terry Lenamon: Trying the Death Penalty Case
By Reba Kennedy
Famed Wyoming attorney Gerry Spence founded the Trial Lawyers College several years ago, “… to help attorneys stand up for the rights of ordinary people and develop their skills as trial lawyers.” The TLC “is dedicated to training a new…
Alamo Pictures: UK Professor Vivien Miller Discusses Death Penalty in America
By Reba Kennedy
Mannie Ponoc of UK’s Alamo Pictures shared this recent documentary podcast with us where Professor Vivien Miller of the University of Nottingham discusses the history of capital punishment in America, using visuals from the BBC’s “Life and Death Row &ndash…
Coronavirus Continuances: Florida Supreme Court COVID-19 Emergency Order
By Reba Kennedy
On Friday, March 13, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court ordered “… [a]ll grand jury proceedings, jury selection proceedings, and criminal and civil jury trials are suspended during the period beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, through Friday, March 27, 2020, or…