Breaking News: Christa Pike is still alive after two doses of lethal injection drugs were administered by Tennessee officials. Her attorneys report that she is in critical condition and receiving life-saving care at a hospital. [As of the morning of October 5, there is no new public information; new information will be updated here]

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Apr 05, 2021

Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of March 29, 2021

NEWS (3/31/21) — Florida: After finding that Florida death-row prisoner William Greg Thomas was entitled to present an untimely habeas corpus petition because his prior lawyer had abandoned him, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reviewed but denied Thomas’ challenge to his conviction and death sentence. The court held that Thomas was entitled to equitable tolling of the habeas corpus statute of limitations but ruled that his ineffective assistance claims were either…