Entries tagged with “Michael Nance”
Facts & Research
United States Supreme Court
,Lethal Injection
,Jun 27, 2022
Supreme Court Preserves Death-Row Prisoners’ Ability to Challenge Execution Methods in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuits
In a 5 – 4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the long-standing practice of using federal civil rights suits to challenge state execution methods. The Court ruled in favor of death-row prisoner Michael Nance, rejecting Georgia’s contention that such challenges must be brought in federal habeas corpus proceedings when the death-row prisoner proposes an alternative method not authorized by state…
Policy Issues
Representation
,United States Supreme Court
,Lethal Injection
,May 02, 2022
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Death Penalty Cases that Could Limit Access to Federal Court Review
The U.S. Supreme Court has heard argument in two death penalty cases that present highly technical legal issues that could profoundly affect the extent to which prisoners convicted in state courts will have meaningful access to federal review of their…
Facts & Research
United States Supreme Court
,Methods of Execution
,Jan 20, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Two More Cases on Death-Row Prisoners’ Access to Federal Courts
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review two cases concerning the scope of death-row prisoners’ access to the federal courts in litigating the constitutionality of their convictions and sentences or the method by which states seek to execute…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Race
,Representation
,United States Supreme Court
,Lethal Injection
,Apr 26, 2021
Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of April 19, 2021
NEWS (4/21 – 4/23/21) — Texas: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled against Texas death-row prisoners in three separate capital appeals.