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May 07, 2020

Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of May 4, 2020

NEWS (5/7/20) — Florida: The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence imposed on

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Jul 26, 2016

Defendant Seeks Supreme Court Review of Prosecutorial Ghostwriting, A Widespread Practice in Capital Cases

Doyle Lee Hamm (pictured), an Alabama death row prisoner, has asked the United States Supreme Court to consider his case after Alabama’s state and federal appellate courts upheld an order in which the trial court rejected his appe…

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Arbitrariness

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United States Supreme Court

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May 21, 2019

Supreme Court Denies Review in Death-Penalty Case Where Texas Judge Rubberstamped Prosecution’s Findings

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a case in which the Texas courts decided a death-row prisoner’s appeal by adopting the prosecution’s fact findings and legal arguments word-for-word without providing …

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May 17, 2018

Texas Executes Juan Castillo Without a Hearing on His Claims of Innocence and Ineffective Representation

Texas executed Juan Castillo (pictured) on May 16, 2018, after its state courts stayed his execution to address whether his conviction and death sentence for a botched robbery and murder had been a product of fals…

Entries tagged with “Rubberstamping”

Policy Issues

Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of May 4, 2020

Policy Issues

Defendant Seeks Supreme Court Review of Prosecutorial Ghostwriting, A Widespread Practice in Capital Cases

Policy Issues

Supreme Court Denies Review in Death-Penalty Case Where Texas Judge Rubberstamped Prosecution’s Findings

Policy Issues

Texas Executes Juan Castillo Without a Hearing on His Claims of Innocence and Ineffective Representation