Entries tagged with “Virgil Presnell”
Policy Issues
Representation
,Sep 24, 2020
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Death Sentences, Absolves Failures by Court-Appointed Counsel in Three Georgia Death-Penalty Cases
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has denied habeas corpus relief to three Georgia death-row prisoners in a series of opinions that narrowly interpreted the scope of a defendant’s right to effective representation in the penalty phase of a capital trial. The decisions, issued in unrelated cases over the course of 36 hours on September 15 and 16, 2020, absolved court-appointed counsel of significant failures in investigating, presenting, and…
Executions
Upcoming Executions
,Executions Overview
,May 13, 2022
Georgia Allegedly Violated Pandemic Agreement By Scheduling Execution of Virgil Presnell
Attorneys for Georgia death-row prisoner Virgil Presnell, Jr. (pictured left, with his mother) have filed a lawsuit arguing that Attorney General Chris Carr violated a written agreement when his office set a May 17, 2022 execution date for their…