Policy Issues
Innocence
,Women
,Mar 19, 2015
INNOCENCE: Debra Milke Exonerated from Arizona Death Row
UPDATE: On March 23, Judge Rosa Mroz officially dismissed the charges against Milke. Milke has been added to DPIC’s exoneration list.
Entries tagged with “Debra Milke”
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Sep 02, 2016
OUTLIER COUNTIES: Maricopa, Arizona — “Outrageously Exploited Power,” “Crippled” Defense, and Five Exonerations
Maricopa County, Arizona imposed 28 death sentences between 2010 and 2015 and, as described in a BuzzFeed news analysis of a new report on outlier death penalty practices, “stands out for its stark exampl…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Dec 12, 2014
POSSIBLE INNOCENCE: Arizona Court Dismisses Charges Against Former Death Row Inmate
On December 11, an Arizona appeals court dismissed charges against Debra Jean Milke and barred retrial. Milke spent 22 years on death row on chargers of arranging the 1989 murder of her 4‑year-old son. She was the first w…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Oct 29, 2013
STUDIES: Prosecutorial Misconduct in Death Penalty Cases
In a four-part series on the conduct of prosecutors in capital cases, The Arizona Republic examined allegations by appellate attorneys that prosecutorial misconduct occurred in nearly half of the state’s capital cases since 2002.