Criminal Law

State can't find rape kit in Thomas Arthur case

Posted on July 30, 2008
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/07/state_cant_find_rape_kit_in_th.html State can't find rape kit in Thomas Arthur case Posted by Stan Diel -- Birmingham News July 30, 2008 2:40 PMAn attorney for the state of Alabama in a filing today says he has been unable to locate a rape kit tied to the case of Death Row inmate Thomas D...

The affidavit - the case of Thomas Arthur

Posted on July 30, 2008
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New developments in Alabama case; Governor should stay execution to conduct DNA testing

Posted on July 30, 2008
Innocence BlogNew developments in Alabama case; Governor should stay execution to conduct DNA testingPosted: July 30, 2008 11:55 amTommy Arthur has been on Alabama?s death row for a quarter-century for a murder he says he didn?t commit. He is scheduled to be executed tomorrow night, and the Alabama Supreme Court rejected one of his final appeals yesterday by a 6-2 vote...

Microanalysis - Thomas Arthur

Posted on July 30, 2008
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Dueling affidavits on eve of Arthur execution

Posted on July 30, 2008
Dueling affidavits on eve of Arthur execution http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-37/121743836557530.xml&storylist=alabamanews 7/30/2008, 12:13 p.m. CDT By GARRY MITCHELL The Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) ? On the eve of Thomas Arthur's scheduled execution, attorneys were in court with dueling affidavits ? one from a convicted murderer who claims he's guilty of the killing that sent Arthur to death row, and another disputing that claim...

Examination of Evidence - Thomas Arthur

Posted on July 30, 2008
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Clearly, these claims must be investigated before the execution occurs

Posted on July 30, 2008
Thomas Arthur is to be executed Thursday for a murder another prisoner now claims he committed. Clearly, these claims must be investigated before the execution occurs Wednesday, July 30, 2008 http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1217405808196090...

Examination of crime scene - Thomas Arthur

Posted on July 30, 2008
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Convicted murderer serving life says he, not Thomas Arthur, killed Troy Wicker Jr. in 1982

Posted on July 30, 2008
Assistant Alabama Attorney General Clay Crenshaw Convicted murderer serving life says he, not Thomas Arthur, killed Troy Wicker Jr. in 1982 Convicted murderer says he killed Troy Wicker http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1217405743196090...

Other inmate confesses to killing; widow disputes it

Posted on July 30, 2008
Arthur denied execution delay Other inmate confesses to killing; widow disputes it http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080730/NEWS/319226380/1003/news01&title=Arthur_denied_execution_delay By Dana Beyerle Montgomery Bureau Chief Published: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 3:30 a...

Affidavit: another inmate admits Wicker killing

Posted on July 29, 2008
Affidavit: another inmate admits Wicker killingJuly 29, 2008 16:31 EDT http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.al/2652e22e-www.fox17.com.shtml MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Attorneys attempting to delay Thomas Arthur's execution have sent Gov...

HI Governor Riley

Posted on July 29, 2008
HI Governor Riley I have been following the case of Tommy Arthur from all the out here in Los Angeles and decided I should write to you. I am asking you to grant a stay of execution and order the DNA testing that will clear up for once and all the guilt or innocence of Mr Tommy Arthur...

Honorable Governor Riley

Posted on July 29, 2008
Honorable Governor Riley: This letter comes to you in the hopes that you truly listen to what the people [you represent] have to say. I write to you today concerning the life of Mr. Thomas Arthur, so please do not dismiss me, until you have read the (entire) letter I have taken the time to write, as that is the least of which you should grant...

Listen to the Pamela show with Sherrie Stone and incoming calls

Posted on July 29, 2008
First hour :http://www.thomasarthur.info/media/pamelafurr_2008-07-28T17_33_31-07_00.mp3Second hour :http://www.thomasarthur.info/media/pamelafurr_2008-07-28T17_31_11-07_00.mp3

Dear Honorable Governor Riley

Posted on July 29, 2008
Letter to Governor Riley, 7-29-08, sent via email through his official website: Subject: Prison and Paroles Re: Mr. Thomas Arthur's Execution Dear Honorable Governor Riley: During your time in office you have used the name of Jesus, spoken of your faith and of doing the right thing...

Two days to execution in Alabama, still no DNA test

Posted on July 29, 2008
Two days to execution in Alabama, still no DNA test www.innocenceproject.org For nearly 25 years, Tommy Arthur has sat on Alabama?s death row. His appeals have been repeatedly denied, and he is now scheduled to die on Thursday night, July 31, despite the fact that critical evidence in his case has still not been subjected to DNA testing...

W?tpliwo?ci kata - o karze ?mierci w USA

Posted on July 29, 2008
W?tpliwo?ci kata - o karze ?mierci w USA Marc Pitzk 2008-07-29, ostatnia aktualizacja 2008-07-29 11:29 http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80281,5500915,Watpliwosci_kata___o_karze_smierci_w_USA.html Thomas Arthur ze stanu Alabama od 1982 roku czeka w celi ?mierci na egzekucj?...

SHERRIE STONE LIVE on Thomas Arthur case NOW

Posted on July 28, 2008
LISTEN and Call 1-866-494-WVNN in 2 minutes at 5 PM http://player.cumulusstreaming.com/Audioplay.html?WVNN-AM And the website is here : http://www.wvnn.com/pamela.shtml

To Governor Riley from Mario in Italy

Posted on July 28, 2008
Kind Mr Governor, I am italian and catholic. I am sorry if my english it is bad. I write at His Person for Mr Thomas Arthur, inmate of the Alabama State. Kind I ask of to stop his execution and to grant to him the possibility to show his innocence through the Dna test...

Federal officials try to block Texas execution to allow world court review of case

Posted on July 28, 2008
Federal officials try to block Texas execution to allow world court review of case12:00 AM CDT on Monday, July 28, 2008By DIANE JENNINGS / The Dallas Morning Newsdjennings@dallasnews.comFourteen years and numerous judicial reviews have passed since José Medellin was sentenced to die after confessing to the brutal gang rape and murder of two teenage girls in Houston...

Arthur's fate can be tied to DNA tests

Posted on July 28, 2008
Arthur's fate can be tied to DNA tests Sunday, July 27, 2008 HANS SHERRER http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/stories/index.ssf?/base/opinion/121714657049090.xml&coll=2 We like to think the legal system gets it right when a person is convicted of murder and sentenced to prison or death...

Mo. Supreme Court to set execution date

Posted on July 28, 2008
July 26MISSOURI---new execution dateMo. Supreme Court to set execution dateThe Missouri Supreme Court said Friday it plans to set a date for thestate's 1st execution since 2005.The court announced it would issue a warrant to execute Dennis Skillicornon Aug...

WE DEMAND DNA TESTING BEFORE ANY EXECUTION OF THOMAS ARTHUR.

Posted on July 28, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - JULY 7, 2008 WE DEMAND DNA TESTING BEFORE ANY EXECUTION OF THOMAS ARTHUR. Allowing the State of Alabama to execute Thomas Arthur in the full knowledge that strong doubtexists concerning the certainty of his guilt, doubt which could be resolved with DNA testing,amounts to nothing less than murder...

Former Dartmouth resident, once on Florida death row, freed

Posted on July 26, 2008
Former Dartmouth resident, once on Florida death row, freed http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080726/NEWS/807260329 By Brian Boyd Standard-Times staff writer July 26, 2008 6:00 AM A Dartmouth native who spent 13 years on Florida's death row in a murder-for-hire case was released Friday after he agreed to a plea deal, his lawyer said...

Clemency in Oklahoma

Posted on July 25, 2008
Clemency in Oklahoma The Oklahoman reports, "Governor commutes inmate's death sentence."Gov. Brad Henry today approved clemency for death row inmate Kevin Young. The governor commuted his sentence to life without the possibility of parole as recommended by the state Pardon and Parole Board...

Attorneys Urge Congressional Leaders to Address Issue of Mexican Nationals on Death Row

Posted on July 24, 2008
Attorneys Urge Congressional Leaders to Address Issue of Mexican Nationals on Death Row http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423200889 Marcia CoyleThe National Law JournalJuly 24, 2008 image: New York Law Journal The current president and nine past presidents of the American Society of International Law have written to congressional leaders urging them to take legislative action to resolve a treaty dispute between Mexico and the United States over Mexican nationals on death row in the U...

Suit challenges Mo.'s lethal injection

Posted on July 24, 2008
Suit challenges Mo.'s lethal injection By Cheryl Wittenauer ASSOCIATED PRESS 07/24/2008ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Inmates, families, clergy and legislators claimed in a new lawsuit that Missouri's method of lethal injection violates state law. Meanwhile, a doctor who once performed executions in Missouri apparently has resurfaced in Arizona...

Dyslexic doc involved in lethal injection in Arizona

Posted on July 24, 2008
From the blog : "Sentencing, Law and Policy" :July 24, 2008 Dyslexic doc involved in lethal injection in Arizona http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2008/07/dyslexic-doc-in.html As first discussed here two years ago, a federal judge ordered Missouri's machinery of death to come to a halt in 2006 based in part on evidence that the doctor involved in lethal injections readily admitted that he is dyslexic and had thus could have problems carrying out the execution protocol...

Doctor Banned From Executions in Missouri Now In Arizona

Posted on July 24, 2008
From Standdown BLOG :Doctor Banned From Executions in Missouri Now In Arizona That's the title of a report in today's Arizona Republic. LINK http://standdown.typepad.com/weblog/2008/07/doctor-banned-f.html A Missouri surgeon who was banned by a federal judge from taking part in capital executions by lethal injection in his home state apparently participated in Arizona's most recent execution...

Doctor banned from executions in Mo. now in Ariz.

Posted on July 24, 2008
ARIZONA:Doctor banned from executions in Mo. now in Ariz.A Missouri surgeon who was banned by a federal judge from taking part incapital executions by lethal injection in his home state apparentlyparticipated in Arizona's most recent execution.Dr. Alan Doerhoff is believed to have taken part in the May 22, 2007,execution of Robert Comer, 11 months after Doerhoff's Missourilethal-injection procedure was ruled unconstitutional and eight monthsafter the physician was prohibited from further executions in Missouribecause of questions about his standards and competence...

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