Criminal Law

What`s the Rush?

Posted on September 21, 2008
In the New York Times....September 20, 2008Op-Ed ColumnistWhat*s the Rush?By BOB HERBERTTroy Davis, who was convicted of shooting a police officer to death in the parking lot of a Burger King in Savannah, Ga., is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday...

Stay application to USSC for Richard Henyard

Posted on September 21, 2008
No. 08A248 Title: Richard Henyard, Applicantv.FloridaDocketed:Lower Ct: Supreme Court of FloridaCase Nos.: (08-222, 08-1544, 08-1653)~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sep 19 2008 Application (08A248) for stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas...

Petition to USSC for writ of certiorari - Richard Henyard

Posted on September 21, 2008
No. 08-6392 *** CAPITAL CASE *** Title: Richard Henyard, Petitioner v. Florida Docketed: September 18, 2008 Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Florida Case Nos.: (08-222, 08-1544, 08-1653) Decision Date: September 10, 2008 ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sep 18 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed...

"It won't bring back my girls," she said recently.

Posted on September 21, 2008
COMMENTARY Killer's execution would close chapter on mom's nightmare Lauren Ritchie | COMMENTARYSeptember 21, 2008 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/lake/orl-lritchie2108sep21,0,159878.column Dorothy Lewis likely will be at her Umatilla home cooking dinner by 6 p...

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Lawyers for Richard Henyard of Eustis ask U.S. Supreme Court to stay execution

Posted on September 20, 2008
Lawyers for Richard Henyard of Eustis ask U.S. Supreme Court to stay execution Stephen Hudak |Sentinel Staff Writer September 20, 2008 Richard Henyard, 34, is scheduled for execution this month for the murders of two Lake County girls. (ASSOCIATED PRESS / July 9, 2008) Lawyers for Richard Henyard turned to the U...

Bishops ask Gov. Crist to spare murderer?s life

Posted on September 20, 2008
Bishops ask Gov. Crist to spare murderer?s life http://www.thefloridacatholic.org/rop/2008_rop/2008_roparticles/20080918_rop_bishops_execution.php DENISE O?TOOLE KELLY | FLORIDA CATHOLIC STAFF Posted: 09.18.08 Florida?s bishops asked Gov...

Catholic Bishops of Florida Urge Mercy for Richard Henyard

Posted on September 20, 2008
http://www.flacathconf.org/Publications/pressreleases/Prsrel08/Henyard9-17-2008.htm 201 W. Park Avenue * Tallahassee, FL * 32301-7760 * www.flacathconf.org For Immediate ReleaseWednesday, September 17, 2008 Contacts: Michele M...

FLORIDA - KILLING MENTALLY ILL IS NO SOLUTION

Posted on September 10, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 FLORIDA - KILLING MENTALLY ILL IS NO SOLUTION The death penalty has one so called social purpose and that is to deter prospective offenders from commiting any future crimes. Though this is questionable in itself, and debatable in more ways than one, what is more frightening is when we impose a death sentence on an individual who is mentally ill and who has diminished capacities to understand and process information; an individual who is unable to communicate, to abstract from mistakes and learn from experience, to engage in logical reasoning, to control impulses, and to understand the reactions of others...

Troy Davis: Finality over Fairness

Posted on September 09, 2008
Troy Davis: Finality over FairnessUPDATE: AN EXECUTION DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR SEPTEMBER 23 AT 7 p.m.Troy Davis, a man who may well be innocent, faces execution following a trial with no physical evidence. Further, 7 out of 9 state witnesses have since recanted or altered their testimony...

URGENT ACTION APPEAL - Troy Davis

Posted on September 09, 2008
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA09 September 2008UA 250/08 Death penalty / Legal concernUSA (Georgia) Troy Anthony Davis (m), black, aged 40Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed in Georgia at 7pm local time on 23September. He has been on death row for 17 years for a murder he maintainshe did not commit...

Doctors at Angel Diaz execution

Posted on September 05, 2008
Testimony regarding Physician Assistant William Matthews role during the Diaz execution was conflicting: was he an observer or part of the team?The FDLE observer saw two medical people behind the executioners during Diaz. According to Matthews, he was there with two other medical people...

FL: Trial begins on gassing mentally ill inmates

Posted on September 05, 2008
FL: Trial begins on gassing mentally ill inmatesSeptember 3, 2008 Trial begins on gassing mentally ill inmates By Paul Pinkham, The Times-Union A Jacksonville judge begins hearing evidence today about the use of pepper spray, tear gas and other chemical agents on mentally ill inmates by guards at Florida State Prison...

Clemency petition postpones Skillicorn execution

Posted on August 22, 2008
Clemency petition postpones Skillicorn execution By JASON NOBLEThe Star?s Jefferson City correspondent function PopupPic(sPicURL, sHeight, sWidth) { window.open( "http://media.kansascity.com/static/popup.html?"+sPicURL, "", "resizable=1,HEIGHT=" +sHeight+ ",WIDTH=" +sWidth); } NBC Action News JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed the scheduled execution of Dennis Skillicorn to give his lawyers more time to gather information for a clemency petition...

Dennis Skillicorn video

Posted on August 22, 2008
You can see the video here :http://ozarksfirst.com/media_player.php?media_id=95791

LETTER: State of savagery in United States

Posted on August 22, 2008
LETTER: State of savagery in United States Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:15 PM CDT When I read the Missouri Department of Corrections has scheduled the Aug...

Condemned inmate Dennis Skillicorn gets temporary reprieve

Posted on August 22, 2008
Condemned inmate Dennis Skillicorn gets temporary reprieve Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 5:34 PM By Steve Walsh Convicted killer Dennis Skillicorn, scheduled for execution on August 27th, is going to live a while longer. The State Supreme Court has issued a couple of rulings in the Skillicorn case...

Catholics, Protestants ask Missouri to spare man's life

Posted on August 17, 2008
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Sanders: Another execution is scheduled under flawed law-of-parties provision

Posted on August 17, 2008
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/columnists/bob_ray_sanders//index.htmlSunday, Aug 17, 2008 Posted on Sun, Aug. 17, 2008 Sanders: Another execution is scheduled under flawed law-of-parties provisionBOB RAY SANDERSbobray@star-telegram.com Make a note of this name: Jeffery Lee Wood...

Killeen inmate set to die receives stay of execution

Posted on August 16, 2008
Aug. 15TEXAS----stay of impending executionKilleen inmate set to die receives stay of executionFor the 2nd time this year, a condemned Killeen killer received good news.Denard Manns, 43, was scheduled to die Aug. 20, but a U.S. district judgeordered that the execution be delayed since Manns was without counsel...

A gentle Garner dissident is jailed, unbowed

Posted on August 16, 2008
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1180159.html Mary Rider, 48, is the mother of eight children. A gentle Garner dissident is jailed, unbowedExecution protester gets a 15-day term By Yonat Shimron, Staff WriterComment on this story RALEIGH - Among the women confined at the jail on Hammond Road are prostitutes, crack users and an occasional domestic aggressor...

Study needed for Missouri death penalty

Posted on August 16, 2008
Study needed for Missouri death penalty By JOE AMRINESpecial to The Star A particularly important anniversary took place at the end of July: the day the state of Missouri admitted it nearly put an innocent man to death for a crime he did not commit...

Group looks to prevent killer's death

Posted on August 16, 2008
Group looks to prevent killer's death ST. LOUIS | An anti-death penalty group is asking Gov. Matt Blunt to commute the death sentence for convicted killer Dennis Skillicorn.Skillicorn, of Kansas City, is scheduled to die by injection on Aug...

AP Interview: Doctor behind executions speaks out

Posted on August 16, 2008
AP Interview: Doctor behind executions speaks out CHERYL WITTENAUER | August 15, 2008 05:30 AM EST |http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080815/execution-doctor/ST. LOUISHe owns three Harleys, is a self-described staunch Roman Catholic _ and has helped kill dozens of men...

Mo. bishops oppose man`s execution

Posted on August 15, 2008
August 15, 2008 Mo. bishops oppose man`s execution by Joseph Kenny, Review Staff Writer Bishop Robert Hermann has joined a group of religious leaders in the state who have asked Gov. Matt Blunt to spare the life of Dennis Skillicorn, who is set to be executed Aug...

Dennis Skillicorn

Posted on August 15, 2008
Editor's Biography Dennis SkillicornPotosi Correctional Center573-438-6000Dennis Skillicorn, 44, was named editor of Compassion in March 2003 after serving as assistant editor the previous year. As editor, he focuses on victims and reconciliation. He also encourages other death row inmates to make positive contributions to Compassion, society, and their own environments...

Please sign the petition to help save Dennis Skillicorn

Posted on August 15, 2008
Please sign the petition to help save Dennis Skillicorn http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-dennis-skillicorn

From Compassion - pray for Dennis Skillicorn

Posted on August 15, 2008
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New resource: Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing

Posted on August 15, 2008
New resource: Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing The Justice Project has developed a series of policy reviews on the leading causes of wrongful convictions that explain the problems and recommend common sense solutions Improving Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing: A Policy ReviewThis policy review provides an overview of problems with current post-conviction DNA testing laws, offers solutions to these problems, profiles cases of injustice, highlights states with good laws and policies for DNA testing, and includes a model policy...

Stop the Execution of Jeff Wood and Grant Him Clemency

Posted on August 15, 2008
Email addy for Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles bpp-pio@tdcj.state.tx.us Stop the Execution of Jeff Wood and Grant Him Clemency http://www.governor.state.tx.us/ Office of Governor Perry, P.O. Box 12428, Austin, Texas 78711, Phone: (512) 463-2000, Fax: (512) 463-1849 http://www...

Please call the Parole Board to save Jeff Wood

Posted on August 15, 2008
Dear friend, We have seven days to save the life of a man who did not kill anyone. Jeff Wood is scheduled for execution in Texas on August 21, despite the fact that he did not kill anyone. If you have not yet written Governor Perry click here to contact Governor Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles...

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