Breaking News: Christa Pike is still alive after two doses of lethal injection drugs were administered by Tennessee officials. Her attorneys report that she is in critical condition and receiving life-saving care at a hospital.

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Jul 19, 2021

Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions for the Week of July 19, 2021

NEWS (7/21/21) — Ohio: The Ohio Supreme Court has vacated the conviction and death sentence for George Brinkman, finding that he had not been advised of critical constitutional rights when he entered a guilty plea in his 2018 capital trial and that his plea was therefore invalid. The justices vacated Brinkman’s plea and returned his case to the Cuyahoga County court to conduct a new trial. On November 5, 2018, Brinkman indicated to the court that he intended to plead guilty to capital murder…