Entries tagged with “Joe Simpson”

Jan 24, 2022

Capital Case Roundup — Florida Supreme Court Grants New Trials in Two Death Penalty Cases

On January 13, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court granted new trials to two Florida death-row prisoners. The court overturned Joe Simpson’s 2007 conviction and death sentence because of prosecutorial misconduct. It also overturned Peter Avsenew’s 2018 conviction and death sentence because of the improper presentation of remotely-recorded testimony. Simpson was sentenced to death in 2007 for the murders of Archie Howard Crook, Sr. and his pregnant girlfriend, Kimberli Kimbler in 1999. In a 5 – 1…