Entries tagged with “Debra Milke”
Issues
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 examples of the problems found across the counties that most often sentence…
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Women
,Mar 19, 2015
INNOCENCE: Debra Milke Exonerated from Arizona Death Row
UPDATE: On March 23, 2015, Judge Rosa Mroz officially dismissed the charges against Milke. Milke has been added to DPIC’s exoneration list. See Milke’s statement on her exoneration. PREVIOUSLY: On March 17, the Arizona Supreme Court denied a request by prosecutors that it review a lower court’s order that dismissed the charges against Debra Milke as a result of“egregious” police and prosecutorial…
Issues
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…
Issues
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…