Entries tagged with “Carnell Petetan, Jr.”
May 17, 2021
Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of May 10, 2021
NEWS (5/14/21) — North Carolina: A Rowan County trial judge has resentenced William Barnes to consecutive life sentences for the murders of an elderly North Carolina couple in 1992, after the county district attorney’s office declined to pursue a new capital sentencing hearing. The district attorney’s decision, made with the agreement of the victims’ family, followed a federal appeals court ruling that had…
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Oct 19, 2017
Supreme Court Directs Florida to Reconsider Intellectual Disability Decision in Death Penalty Case
The United States Supreme Court has ordered the Florida Supreme Court to reconsider a decision that had denied a death-row prisoner’s claim that he was ineligible for the death penalty because he has Intellectual Disability. On October 16, the Court reversed and remanded the case of Tavares Wright (pictured, left), directing the Florida courts to reconsider his intellectual-disability claim in light of the constitutional standard the Court…