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Q&A: DPIC Director Explains Why Cooper Investigation Was Flawed; Maintains Innocence Claims

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2023
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Q&A: DPIC Director Explains Why Cooper Investigation Was Flawed; Maintains Innocence Claims

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week a report from a special counsel, appointed by Governor N ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week a report from a special counsel, appointed by Governor Newsom to look into the case of Kevin Cooper, appeared to close the door on the possibility of h ...

January 24, 2023
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Report by DPIC Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct Implicated in More than 550 Death Penalty Reversals or Exonerations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 05, 2022
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Report by DPIC Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct Implicated in More than 550 Death Penalty Reversals or Exonerations

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An analysis released last week by the Death Penalty Information Ce ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An analysis released last week by the Death Penalty Information Center found prosecutorial misconduct at the center of reversals and exonerations of those on dea ...

July 05, 2022
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Lawyers File Appeal to Stop April Execution of Texas Woman Who Is ‘Innocent’ and ‘Suffered Lifetime of Abuse’

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|Date: February 10, 2022
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Lawyers File Appeal to Stop April Execution of Texas Woman Who Is ‘Innocent’ and ‘Suffered Lifetime of Abuse’

The Vanguard Staff BROWNSVILLE, TX – A motion to withdraw or modify the April 27, 2022 execution date for ...

The Vanguard Staff BROWNSVILLE, TX – A motion to withdraw or modify the April 27, 2022 execution date for Melissa Lucio was filed today here in 138th Judicial District Court of Cameron County, claimin ...

February 10, 2022
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Guest Commentary: An Abomination in Alabama

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|Date: January 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: An Abomination in Alabama

By Stephen Cooper (Editor’s note: Originally Published in 2018 by Church of England Magazine.) When, in O ...

By Stephen Cooper (Editor’s note: Originally Published in 2018 by Church of England Magazine.) When, in October 2016, I wrote “death row inmates in Alabama are human guinea pigs” because the state’s c ...

January 28, 2022
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Despite Record Federal Executions During Presidential Transition, 2021 Death Penalty Report Notes Fewer Overall Executions

Posted by Jake Wylie
|Date: December 20, 2021
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Despite Record Federal Executions During Presidential Transition, 2021 Death Penalty Report Notes Fewer Overall Executions

By Katherine Coviello and Jake Wylie WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report released this last week by the Death ...

By Katherine Coviello and Jake Wylie WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report released this last week by the Death Penalty Information Center highlights key developments from 2021, notably Virginia becoming th ...

December 20, 2021
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Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Death Penalty Case That Could Gut Protections against Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Trial or in the Appellate Courts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2021
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Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Death Penalty Case That Could Gut Protections against Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Trial or in the Appellate Courts

By David M. Greenwald Next week, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Arizona prosecutors’ challenges ...

By David M. Greenwald Next week, the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Arizona prosecutors’ challenges to federal appellate court rulings that allowed the consideration of evidence of ineffective a ...

December 03, 2021
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The Joplin Globe Urges State of Missouri to Consider Ending Death Penalty

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 13, 2021
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The Joplin Globe Urges State of Missouri to Consider Ending Death Penalty

By Nancy Aviña & Hongyi Wen JOPLIN, MO — The Joplin Globe here this week said the conversation about ...

By Nancy Aviña & Hongyi Wen JOPLIN, MO — The Joplin Globe here this week said the conversation about Missouri ending the death penalty should begin now. The newspaper stated that this conversation ...

March 13, 2021
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Commentary: Housing and Environmental Needs Don’t Have to Clash

Report Finds LCFF Has Failed to Live Up to Its Promise of Equitable Outcomes

Guest Commentary: Baseless Political Attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

CURB Releases ‘Concrete Strategy’ Roadmap to Close Prisons, Urges CA Governor to Shutter 10 Prisons and Prioritize Decarceration

Bronx Defenders Responds to Proposals that would Expand Criminalization of Poverty

‘First Step Act’ – GAO Reports on Federal Efforts to Help Reduce Recidivism and Re-Entry to Federal Prisons

Defense Objects to Prosecution Request for Accused’s Juvenile Medical Records; Judge Postpones Hearing After Complaint

Judge Denies Petition of Man Seeking Resentencing in Murder Conviction During 2010 Home Invasion

League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

Gun Test in Stankewitz Case Shows Gun in Evidence Is Not the Murder Weapon

Q&A: DPIC Director Explains Why Cooper Investigation Was Flawed; Maintains Innocence Claims

Q&A: DPIC Director Explains Why Cooper Investigation Was Flawed; Maintains Innocence Claims

Report by DPIC Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct Implicated in More than 550 Death Penalty Reversals or Exonerations

Report by DPIC Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct Implicated in More than 550 Death Penalty Reversals or Exonerations

Lawyers File Appeal to Stop April Execution of Texas Woman Who Is ‘Innocent’ and ‘Suffered Lifetime of Abuse’

Lawyers File Appeal to Stop April Execution of Texas Woman Who Is ‘Innocent’ and ‘Suffered Lifetime of Abuse’

Guest Commentary: An Abomination in Alabama

Guest Commentary: An Abomination in Alabama

Despite Record Federal Executions During Presidential Transition, 2021 Death Penalty Report Notes Fewer Overall Executions

Despite Record Federal Executions During Presidential Transition, 2021 Death Penalty Report Notes Fewer Overall Executions

Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Death Penalty Case That Could Gut Protections against Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Trial or in the Appellate Courts

Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Death Penalty Case That Could Gut Protections against Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Trial or in the Appellate Courts

The Joplin Globe Urges State of Missouri to Consider Ending Death Penalty

The Joplin Globe Urges State of Missouri to Consider Ending Death Penalty

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