Entries tagged with “Harry Phillips”
Issues
May 27, 2020
Florida Supreme Court Limits Enforcement of Supreme Court Decision Barring Execution of Intellectually Disabled Prisoners
For the third time in 2020, the Florida Supreme Court has reduced the constitutional protections afforded to death-row prisoners. In a May 21 decision in Phillips v. State, the court overturned its own case precedent and limited enforcement of a U.S. Supreme Court case that bars execution of intellectually disabled prisoners. The Miami Herald editorial board said the decision “shredded precedent” and “ignores clear and data-driven direction from the U.S. Supreme Court.” Dissenting Justice…
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Federal Death Penalty
,May 18, 2020
Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of May 18, 2020
NEWS (5/22/2020) — Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has stayed the issuance of its mandate in the federal execution-protocol lawsuit until June 8, 2020, to allow the federal death-row prisoners to seek review in the U.S. Supreme Court. On November 21, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction barring the federal government from implementing the challenged protocol. A split panel of the appeals court…