Entries tagged with “William Lee Thompson”
Upcoming Executions
,Sep 24, 2026
William Thompson Faces Execution in Florida Amid Dementia, Terminal Illness Concerns
UPDATE: On September 25, counsel for William Thompson filed a new federal lawsuit in the Middle District of Florida, accusing several state actors and prison healthcare providers of denying Mr. Thompson of his “constitutional right to adequate medical care.” The lawsuit does not challenge Mr. Thompson’s death sentence or scheduled execution but rather asks the federal court to require that the named officials provide constitutionally required medical care for Mr. Thompson. The lawsuit asks for…
Issues
Federal Death Penalty
,Oct 05, 2020
Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of September 28, 2020
NEWS (10/1/20) — Washington, D.C.: The federal government has scheduled an eighth execution for 2020, setting a November 19 execution date for Orlando Hall. Hall’s case would be the first federal execution in more than a half-century for the killing of an African-American victim and the second consecutive execution of an African-American prisoner after the executions of five white prisoners and the sole Native American on federal death row. There are currently 55 prisoners on the federal death…