Tennessee Death Row Prisoner's New Appeal Alleges Innocence ...

The Long Defense of the Alabama Death-Row Prisoner Doyle Lee ...

The new lawyer lost the hearing. Harcourt still considered himself Hamm's attorney, however, and immediately filed an appeal on his behalf. This ...

8 Things You Need to Know About Pervis Payne - Innocence Project

Pervis Payne, who has an intellectual disability, spent 33 years on Tennessee's death row.

Federal appeals court affirms ruling that Caldwell County must hold ...

The Texas Tribune, the Caldwell/Hays Examiner and Mano Amiga challenged the county's policy of barring the press and public from bail ...

Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy

Smith, 72, is the oldest prisoner on the state's death row, where he has been since convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and her two ...

Opinion | Tennessee Executed Sedley Alley. Was He Innocent?

Bazelon is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine who writes extensively about the law. Many people on death row in the United States ...

It took 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. It took 70 ...

New facts in the case prompted Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen to ... Today, an appeal from a death sentence is all but automatic, and ...

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... death row case a day before scheduled execution · Missouri ... Court appeal, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence.

New Innocence Study Reveals Deep Problems on Death Row

... innocence claims of inmates another 200 prisoners would have ... death row, how many more innocent people remain on Tennessee's death row?

Prosecutors to review new evidence in Erik and Lyle Menendez case

The new evidence presented in a petition includes a letter written by Erik Menendez that his attorneys say corroborates the allegations that he ...

Tennessee Man Could Be The First Person In Nearly A Century To ...

... row prisoners who argued ... “Each of these cases,” Henry told The Appeal, “is a window into the brokenness of the Tennessee death penalty.

Missouri Supreme Court rejects death row inmate's appeal, allowing ...

The Tuesday execution of Marcellus Williams should be stopped because of new evidence a potential juror as excluded based on race, ...

Death row inmate's clemency appeal stresses Christian faith - Yahoo

(AP) — Supporters of a Tennessee death row inmate appealed to Gov. Bill Lee's Christian faith Wednesday, requesting clemency for a prisoner they ...

Holton v. State, 201 S.W.3d 626 | Casetext Search + Citator

... death sentences in the Circuit Court of Bedford County, Tennessee. The petition conceded that Holton had not filed a post-conviction petition and had not ...

The Saga of The Scottsboro Boys | ACLU

... execution, promising to file a motion for a new trial or appeal. The ... guilty for a third time by a jury which specified the death penalty.

Supreme Court won't hear Tennessee death row inmates' appeal

Justice Sonia Sotomayor agrees. In her dissent on Monday, she says the requirement that prisoners challenging one method of execution prove ...

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To the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Daniel only raised three claims: that his guilty plea was not voluntary and intelligent; that his counsel was ...

Death Sentences Reversed Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct

Death sentences imposed on prisoners in Arizona, Virginia and Tennessee have been reversed by federal appellate courts as a result of misconduct by prosecutors.

This Unqualified MAGA Addict Might Become Trump's FBI Director

Patel is a vehement defender of Trump, showing up regularly on Fox News, at conservative events, and even at Trump's hush-money trial in New York. In the ...