Entries tagged with “Paul Skalnik”
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Feb 21, 2020
Florida Court Grants Hearing to James Dailey on Innocence Claim
A Florida state court judge has granted death-row prisoner James Dailey an evidentiary hearing on his claim that he did not commit the murder for which he was sentenced to death three decades…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Upcoming Executions
,Dec 18, 2019
James Dailey Faces Execution in Florida Based on Testimony of Serial Jailhouse Informant Police Called “Con Man Extraordinaire”
Paul Skalnik is a sex offender and con man whose jailhouse “snitch” testimony was used by Florida and Texas prosecutors to convict more than 37 defendants, including four who were sentenced to death. His testimony that James Dailey (pictured) allegedly confessed to the brutal 1985 stabbing and drowning death of 14-year-old Shelley Boggio contributed to Dailey’s conviction and death sentence, despite the prosecution’s admission that no “physical evidence,” “no…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Religion
,United States Supreme Court
,Feb 06, 2020
Prosecutors, Catholic Bishops, and Conservative Group Submit Briefs Asking U.S. Supreme Court to Review Case of James Dailey
Three groups, representing prosecutors, the Catholic Church, and political conservatives, have filed briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the efforts of Florida death-row prisoner James Dailey (pictured) to obtain judicial review of his innocence claim. Dailey filed a petition for certiorari on January 10, 2020 asking the Supreme Court to hear his case, after the Florida courts refused to consider evidence that another man had confessed to the…