Entries tagged with “Kenneth Fults

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Mar 07, 2024

Georgia Sets March 20 Execution Date for Willie Pye Despite Strong Evidence of Intellectual Disability and Previous Finding of Ineffective Representation by Attorney with History of Racial Bias

The Georgia Attorney General has announced that Willie James Pye, who pre­vi­ous­ly had his death sen­tence reversed due to his attorney’s fail­ure to inves­ti­gate his back­ground, only to see the death sen­tence rein­stat­ed on appeal, is set to be exe­cut­ed on March 20. Mr. Pye’s court-appoint­ed tri­al attor­ney, Johnny Mostiler, has been accused of inef­fec­tive rep­re­sen­ta­tion or racial bias in at least four cas­es involv­ing Black defen­dants and report­ed­ly called one of his own clients a lit­tle n****r.”…

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Intellectual Disability

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Race

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Representation

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May 10, 2021

Federal Court Reverses Death Sentence Imposed on Defendant Represented By Georgia Lawyer With History of Ineffectiveness and Racial Bias

A fed­er­al appeals court has reversed the death sen­tence of an African-American Georgia death-row pris­on­er who was rep­re­sent­ed at tri­al by a defense lawyer noto­ri­ous for his his­to­ry of sub­stan­dard rep­re­sen­ta­tion and racial bias in death-penalty…

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Intellectual Disability

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Race

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Representation

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Apr 12, 2016

Georgia Set to Execute Intellectually Disabled Inmate Whose Trial Was Tainted By Racism and Poor Representation

Georgia is prepar­ing to exe­cute Kenneth Fults (pic­tured) on April 12, fol­low­ing the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denial of his clemen­cy appli­ca­tion. Fults’ cur­rent lawyers pre­sent­ed evi­dence to the Board that Fults is intel­lec­tu­al­ly dis­abled and func­tions in the low­est 1 per­cent of the pop­u­la­tion.” They also argued that Fults’ tri­al lawyer failed to present this evi­dence to the jury, as well as exten­sive evi­dence that Fults endured a child­hood of…