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Judge Won’t Recommend Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grant Death-Row Inmate Rodney Reed Re-trial

Posted by Catherine Hamilton
|Date: November 03, 2021
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Judge Won’t Recommend Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grant Death-Row Inmate Rodney Reed Re-trial

By Catherine Hamilton and Natalia Ruvalcaba BASTROP COUNTY, TX —Judge J.D. Langley of the 21st Judicial D ...

By Catherine Hamilton and Natalia Ruvalcaba BASTROP COUNTY, TX —Judge J.D. Langley of the 21st Judicial District County in Bastrop County, Texas, late Monday declined to advise the Texas Court of Crim ...

November 03, 2021
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Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Vote for Clemency for Man on Death Row

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 02, 2021
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Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Vote for Clemency for Man on Death Row

By Mei Perez OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Julius Jones, convicted for killing Paul Howell, was recommended this we ...

By Mei Perez OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Julius Jones, convicted for killing Paul Howell, was recommended this week for commutation in a 3-1 vote by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board for a second time afte ...

November 02, 2021
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Dunham Condemns Botched Death Row Execution

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: November 01, 2021
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Dunham Condemns Botched Death Row Execution

By Amy Berberyan, Casey Rawlings and Neha Malhi OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – After a six-year break from conductin ...

By Amy Berberyan, Casey Rawlings and Neha Malhi OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – After a six-year break from conducting death row executions following a series of very public botched ones, Oklahoma late last Thurs ...

November 01, 2021
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Court of Appeals Grants Stay of Execution for 2 Oklahoma Men, Including One to Be Killed Thursday

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|Date: October 28, 2021
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Court of Appeals Grants Stay of Execution for 2 Oklahoma Men, Including One to Be Killed Thursday

By Sonam Hundal and Hannah Adams OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Wedn ...

By Sonam Hundal and Hannah Adams OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Wednesday granted a Motion for Stay of Execution for two Oklahoma prisoners, John Grant and Julius ...

October 28, 2021
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Constitutionality of Oklahoma’s Lethal Injection Procedure Questioned; Federal Judge Refuses to Block Upcoming Executions – With One Set This Thursday

Posted by Catherine Hamilton
|Date: October 26, 2021
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Constitutionality of Oklahoma’s Lethal Injection Procedure Questioned; Federal Judge Refuses to Block Upcoming Executions – With One Set This Thursday

By Catherine Hamilton OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — A federal judge in Oklahoma City has refused to block the upcom ...

By Catherine Hamilton OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — A federal judge in Oklahoma City has refused to block the upcoming executions of several prisoners on death row in Oklahoma, the first of which is the Thursda ...

October 26, 2021
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Six Men on Oklahoma Death Row File Injunctions to Halt Executions on Basis of Being Required to Choose Own Execution Method

Posted by Amy Fullerton
|Date: October 24, 2021
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Six Men on Oklahoma Death Row File Injunctions to Halt Executions on Basis of Being Required to Choose Own Execution Method

By Amy Fullerton and Casey Rawlings OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – As of late October 2021, six men incarcerated in ...

By Amy Fullerton and Casey Rawlings OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – As of late October 2021, six men incarcerated in Oklahoma on death row are in the process of filing injunctions to halt their upcoming execution ...

October 24, 2021
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Convicted Texas Murderer Rodney Reed May Know by Halloween about New Trial or Even Exoneration

Posted by Leslie Ortiz
|Date: October 23, 2021
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Convicted Texas Murderer Rodney Reed May Know by Halloween about New Trial or Even Exoneration

By Leslie Ortiz and Jake Wylie BASTROP COUNTY, TX – District Court Judge J.D. Langley this week heard clo ...

By Leslie Ortiz and Jake Wylie BASTROP COUNTY, TX – District Court Judge J.D. Langley this week heard closing arguments here in an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Rodney Reed, 53, deserves a ...

October 23, 2021
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The Innocence Projects Points to ‘Historic’ Justice Reform Wins All Across U.S. in 2021

Posted by Luke Kyaw
|Date: October 17, 2021
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The Innocence Projects Points to ‘Historic’ Justice Reform Wins All Across U.S. in 2021

By Luke Kyaw and Yasmin Homan NEW YORK, NY – Organized by the Innocence Network, last weekend marked the ...

By Luke Kyaw and Yasmin Homan NEW YORK, NY – Organized by the Innocence Network, last weekend marked the eighth annual International Wrongful Conviction Day highlighting the frequently interminable ro ...

October 17, 2021
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Christopher Dunn Still Fights for His freedom in Missouri after Proving His Innocence

Posted by KDunn
|Date: October 16, 2021
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Christopher Dunn Still Fights for His freedom in Missouri after Proving His Innocence

by Kira Dunn Christopher Dunn just spent his 11,471st day locked in prison for a crime he proved he did n ...

by Kira Dunn Christopher Dunn just spent his 11,471st day locked in prison for a crime he proved he did not commit. In September 2020, a judge wrote in his order that Dunn is innocent. However, Dunn s ...

October 16, 2021
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Judge’s Anti-Semitic Views Lead to Recommendation to Toss Conviction of Death Row Prisoner Randy Halprin of ‘Texas 7’

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: October 14, 2021
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Judge’s Anti-Semitic Views Lead to Recommendation to Toss Conviction of Death Row Prisoner Randy Halprin of ‘Texas 7’

By Angelina Sang DALLAS, TX - A state district judge said here this week a Jewish inmate - part of the “T ...

By Angelina Sang DALLAS, TX - A state district judge said here this week a Jewish inmate - part of the “Texas 7” – should get a new capital murder trial because of anti-Semitic bias held by the judge ...

October 14, 2021
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Man Accused of 4 Deaths Requests to be Housed Closer to Riverside Superior Court During Trial

Posted by Veronica De Santos
|Date: October 11, 2021
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Man Accused of 4 Deaths Requests to be Housed Closer to Riverside Superior Court During Trial

By Veronica De Santos RIVERSIDE, CA – Jose Larin-Garcia, 21, faces the death penalty for the alleged mu ...

By Veronica De Santos RIVERSIDE, CA – Jose Larin-Garcia, 21, faces the death penalty for the alleged murder of four victims in Palm Springs, and at his trial here in Riverside County Superior Court ...

October 11, 2021
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Relief to Man on Death Row Who Claims Innocence in Death of Pregnant Girlfriend

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 07, 2021
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Relief to Man on Death Row Who Claims Innocence in Death of Pregnant Girlfriend

By Wendy Moya WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Supreme Court denied a Texas man’s request for relief on the basis ...

By Wendy Moya WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Supreme Court denied a Texas man’s request for relief on the basis that his defense counsel told the jury he was guilty, even though he maintained he was innocen ...

October 07, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Citing a Lifetime of Abuse, John Grant Seeks Clemency Before His October 28 Execution Date

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 04, 2021
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Citing a Lifetime of Abuse, John Grant Seeks Clemency Before His October 28 Execution Date

Special to the Vanguard Oklahoma City, OK – Seven years ago Oklahoma brutally and horrifically botched th ...

Special to the Vanguard Oklahoma City, OK – Seven years ago Oklahoma brutally and horrifically botched the execution of Clayton Lockett. The next year, they executed Charles Warner in an execution th ...

October 04, 2021
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Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

Posted by Gina Kim
|Date: October 03, 2021
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Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

By Gina Kim and Joshua Cenzano JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Twenty men were executed during former Gov. Bob Holde ...

By Gina Kim and Joshua Cenzano JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Twenty men were executed during former Gov. Bob Holden’s term. But he admits to exercising clemency in exceptional cases, one being the execution of ...

October 03, 2021
| by Gina Kim

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Democratic and GOP Political Leaders Urge President Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences

Posted by Clarissa Rios
|Date: October 01, 2021
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Democratic and GOP Political Leaders Urge President Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences

By Clarissa Rios and Sophia Barberini WASHINGTON DC – Former Democratic U.S. Senator of Wisconsin Russ Fe ...

By Clarissa Rios and Sophia Barberini WASHINGTON DC – Former Democratic U.S. Senator of Wisconsin Russ Feingold and former Republican U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman are calling on President Joe B ...

October 01, 2021
| by Clarissa Rios

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Open Letter: Alabama Board of Pardons, Re: Christopher Revis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2021
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Open Letter: Alabama Board of Pardons, Re: Christopher Revis

by Stephan A. Cooper, Esq. Dear Honorable Board Members: I write on behalf of my former client, Christoph ...

by Stephan A. Cooper, Esq. Dear Honorable Board Members: I write on behalf of my former client, Christopher “Chris” Revis, whose case is scheduled for consideration before the Board on October 1, 2021 ...

September 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Two Arizona Men Could Get Death Sentences Reduced When SCOTUS Hears New Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2021
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Two Arizona Men Could Get Death Sentences Reduced When SCOTUS Hears New Case

By Lauren Smith and Wendy Moya ARIZONA, AZ - Two men previously given a death sentence could now have the ...

By Lauren Smith and Wendy Moya ARIZONA, AZ - Two men previously given a death sentence could now have their respective cases reconsidered because of claims of inadequate legal counsel. In 1989, in the ...

September 28, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Will Oklahoma Governor Spare Julius Jones from Execution?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2021
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Will Oklahoma Governor Spare Julius Jones from Execution?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma, City – This week the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma, City – This week the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set an executive date for Julius Jones for November 18, despite a September 13 action by the Ok ...

September 23, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Approaching Supreme Court Case Has Potentially Harmful Impacts on Carceral System

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: September 16, 2021
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Approaching Supreme Court Case Has Potentially Harmful Impacts on Carceral System

By Sophia Barberini ARIZONA – The state of Arizona is aiming to prevent federal courts from hearing evide ...

By Sophia Barberini ARIZONA – The state of Arizona is aiming to prevent federal courts from hearing evidence that a trial counsel is ineffective in Shinn v. Ramirez and Jones, a case that observers su ...

September 16, 2021
| by Sophia Barberini

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Letter: LWOP Is a Death Sentence

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 11, 2021
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Letter: LWOP Is a Death Sentence

Give Stanley Bernard Davis a Chance for Parole! By the Drop LWOP Coalition On September 1, 2021 Stanley B ...

Give Stanley Bernard Davis a Chance for Parole! By the Drop LWOP Coalition On September 1, 2021 Stanley Bernard Davis, a Black man who was sentenced to the death penalty in 1989, was resentenced to Li ...

September 11, 2021
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