Sentencing Data
,Apr 01, 2020
Nebraska (4/3/20) — In a state post-conviction appeal, the Nebraska Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the state’s capital sentencing process filed by death-row prisoner
Representation
,United States Supreme Court
,Lethal Injection
,Apr 05, 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 C…
Arbitrariness
,United States Supreme Court
,Lethal Injection
,Native Americans
,May 31, 2021
NEWS (5/24 and 5/26/21) — Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings in two death-penalty cases, denying a defense p…
Religion
,Jan 10, 2024
In 2018, Pope Francis
Intellectual Disability
,Race
,Clemency
,Religion
,Oct 01, 2021
As the execution date nears for a Missouri man widely regarded to be intellectually disabled, a former Missouri Governor, Supreme Court Justice, and papal envoy have joined faith and civil rights leaders, and the prisoner’s lawyer…
Intellectual Disability
,New Voices
,Nov 03, 2015
Ernest Johnson (pictured) is scheduled to be executed in Missouri on November 3, despite strong evidence that he is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for execution. Johnson has shown signs of…
