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Attorneys for Woman on Death Row Seek TRO, Preliminary Injunction Delay After they Catch COVID-19; Ask Trump to Intervene

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|Date: November 13, 2020
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Attorneys for Woman on Death Row Seek TRO, Preliminary Injunction Delay After they Catch COVID-19; Ask Trump to Intervene

By Victoria Lembesis WASHINGTON D.C. – Assistant Federal Public Defenders Kelly Henry and Amy Harwell, at ...

By Victoria Lembesis WASHINGTON D.C. – Assistant Federal Public Defenders Kelly Henry and Amy Harwell, attorneys for Lisa Montgomery – facing the federal death penalty in less than a month – have reve ...

November 13, 2020
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Trump Asked to Grant Clemency for Death Row’s Brandon Bernard; Jurors Support Call, Citing Inadequate Defense

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|Date: November 13, 2020
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Trump Asked to Grant Clemency for Death Row’s Brandon Bernard; Jurors Support Call, Citing Inadequate Defense

By Linh Nguyen TERRA HAUTE, IN – Just one month before Brandon Bernard is scheduled for execution on fede ...

By Linh Nguyen TERRA HAUTE, IN – Just one month before Brandon Bernard is scheduled for execution on federal death row on Dec. 10, 2020, he has filed for clemency to President Donald Trump, and has ga ...

November 13, 2020
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Supporters Call on Trump to Commute Death Sentence of Lisa Montgomery

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|Date: November 11, 2020
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Supporters Call on Trump to Commute Death Sentence of Lisa Montgomery

Special To the Vanguard In letters delivered today, a broad coalition of current and former prosecutors, ...

Special To the Vanguard In letters delivered today, a broad coalition of current and former prosecutors, anti-sex trafficking and anti-domestic violence groups, child advocates and mental health group ...

November 11, 2020
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Scott Peterson New Sentencing Trial Now Set for January 2021

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|Date: November 07, 2020
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Scott Peterson New Sentencing Trial Now Set for January 2021

By Layla Mustafa SAN MATEO COUNTY – Scott Peterson—who was found guilty of murdering his wife and unborn ...

By Layla Mustafa SAN MATEO COUNTY – Scott Peterson—who was found guilty of murdering his wife and unborn baby 15 years ago and sentenced to death—made an appearance via livestream in a San Mateo Count ...

November 07, 2020
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Tennessee Governor Grants Reprieve on COVID Grounds in Pervis Payne Execution Case

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|Date: November 07, 2020
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Tennessee Governor Grants Reprieve on COVID Grounds in Pervis Payne Execution Case

By Lauren Smith TENNESSEE – Friday, Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee granted defendant Pervis Payne, a man ...

By Lauren Smith TENNESSEE – Friday, Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee granted defendant Pervis Payne, a man whose execution was scheduled for December 3, a reprieve until April 9, 2021 because of the COV ...

November 07, 2020
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Man Sentenced to Death for Kidnapping and Rape Files Habeas Petition for Conviction

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|Date: November 06, 2020
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Man Sentenced to Death for Kidnapping and Rape Files Habeas Petition for Conviction

By Julietta Bisharyan and Linh Nguyen TERRE HAUTE, IN – Orlando Cordia Hall, who has been sentenced to di ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Linh Nguyen TERRE HAUTE, IN – Orlando Cordia Hall, who has been sentenced to die – within weeks – for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old high school student, has filed his t ...

November 06, 2020
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Duke Researchers Report Life Without Parole Sentencing on Rise; Blacks Hurt Most

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|Date: October 30, 2020
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Duke Researchers Report Life Without Parole Sentencing on Rise; Blacks Hurt Most

By Ariel Abdallah NORTH CAROLINA – Researchers from the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at the Duke ...

By Ariel Abdallah NORTH CAROLINA – Researchers from the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at the Duke University School of Law reported an increase of life without parole sentencing in North Carol ...

October 30, 2020
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Boudin and Other DAs Join Governor’s Declaration That Death Penalty Is Applied in Racially Biased Manner

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2020
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Boudin and Other DAs Join Governor’s Declaration That Death Penalty Is Applied in Racially Biased Manner

By David M. Greenwald On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, in response to a rare request by the California S ...

By David M. Greenwald On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, in response to a rare request by the California Supreme Court, filed a briefing about the constitutionality in which the governor declared that ...

October 27, 2020
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CA Governor Files Death Penalty Amicus Brief, Focuses on Racist Juries

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|Date: October 27, 2020
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CA Governor Files Death Penalty Amicus Brief, Focuses on Racist Juries

By Alana Bleimann SACRAMENTO – Charging the state’s capital punishment “scheme is and always has been inf ...

By Alana Bleimann SACRAMENTO – Charging the state’s capital punishment “scheme is and always has been infected by racism,” California Governor Gavin Newsom Monday filed a 175-page amicus brief in Peop ...

October 27, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: What Purpose Would Be Served by Seeking Death Penalty in Peterson Case?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: What Purpose Would Be Served by Seeking Death Penalty in Peterson Case?

By David M. Greenwald A series of events has led to an absurd place—on Friday in Stanislaus County, prose ...

By David M. Greenwald A series of events has led to an absurd place—on Friday in Stanislaus County, prosecutors indicated their intent to seek the death penalty once again in the case of Scott Peterso ...

October 25, 2020
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California Prosecutors Seek to Retry Peterson for Death Penalty

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|Date: October 24, 2020
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California Prosecutors Seek to Retry Peterson for Death Penalty

By Layla Mustafa MODESTO – Convicted murderer Scott Peterson returned to Stanislaus County Friday, as Cal ...

By Layla Mustafa MODESTO – Convicted murderer Scott Peterson returned to Stanislaus County Friday, as Californian prosecutors announced plans to retry Peterson for the death penalty. Peterson—located ...

October 24, 2020
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Commentary: Scott Peterson’s Case May Return for a New Trial – and It Should

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2020
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Commentary: Scott Peterson’s Case May Return for a New Trial – and It Should

By David Greenwald While last month the California Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in the Scott ...

By David Greenwald While last month the California Supreme Court threw out the death penalty in the Scott Peterson case, that was almost a moot point because there effectively is not a death penalty i ...

October 16, 2020
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Black Tennessee Man with Intellectual Disability and Strong Innocence Petitions Governor Lee for Clemency

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|Date: October 06, 2020
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Black Tennessee Man with Intellectual Disability and Strong Innocence Petitions Governor Lee for Clemency

By Victoria Lembesis NASHVILLE, TN - Attorneys for Pervis Payne petitioned the governor here Monday to sp ...

By Victoria Lembesis NASHVILLE, TN - Attorneys for Pervis Payne petitioned the governor here Monday to spare his life from his execution conviction—he is petitioning for clemency on the grounds that, ...

October 06, 2020
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First Amendment Coalition Fights Secret Hearings in Death Penalty Case

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|Date: September 29, 2020
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First Amendment Coalition Fights Secret Hearings in Death Penalty Case

By Kalani E. Gaines The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) has been taking the steps needed in order to ensu ...

By Kalani E. Gaines The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) has been taking the steps needed in order to ensure public access continues to be available in a Kern County death penalty case. "There is an ex ...

September 29, 2020
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RBG Recognized, Criminal Justice Reform Focus of Justice Event

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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RBG Recognized, Criminal Justice Reform Focus of Justice Event

By Fiona Deane-Grundman Kerry Abrams, the dean of Duke Law School, introduced the celebration of the rena ...

By Fiona Deane-Grundman Kerry Abrams, the dean of Duke Law School, introduced the celebration of the renaming of the Center for Science at Justice at Duke Law, which included a panel discussion modera ...

September 27, 2020
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Judge Halts Death Penalty Proceedings, Orders DNA Evidence Granted to Pervis Payne

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|Date: September 17, 2020
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Judge Halts Death Penalty Proceedings, Orders DNA Evidence Granted to Pervis Payne

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE - This morning, September 16, 2020, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne w ...

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE - This morning, September 16, 2020, Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne was told he has a second chance at life. Currently spending his 33rd year on death row in Riverb ...

September 17, 2020
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Former Illinois Governor Slams Death Penalty in ‘Death Penalty Focus’ Series

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|Date: September 17, 2020
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Former Illinois Governor Slams Death Penalty in ‘Death Penalty Focus’ Series

By Nina Hall Former Governor of Illinois and author, George Ryan, denounces the death penalty in an inter ...

By Nina Hall Former Governor of Illinois and author, George Ryan, denounces the death penalty in an interview with Death Penalty Focus’s Nancy Haydt, Ryan stating, “The death penalty is going to be ab ...

September 17, 2020
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On Wednesday, a Tennessee Court Decides on Allowing DNA Testing – Pervis Payne’s Life Depends on It.

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|Date: September 15, 2020
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On Wednesday, a Tennessee Court Decides on Allowing DNA Testing – Pervis Payne’s Life Depends on It.

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE – Pervis Payne may know this coming Wednesday if he’ll be killed Dec. 3 or no ...

By Alana Bleimann TENNESSEE – Pervis Payne may know this coming Wednesday if he’ll be killed Dec. 3 or not. On September 16 of this year, the Shelby County Criminal Court will issue a decision on Payn ...

September 15, 2020
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Charges against Curtis Flowers Are Finally Dropped – After 23 Years on Death Row, He Goes Free

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|Date: September 07, 2020
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Charges against Curtis Flowers Are Finally Dropped – After 23 Years on Death Row, He Goes Free

By Gabriela Tsudik A Mississippi man, Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for a single case after two ...

By Gabriela Tsudik A Mississippi man, Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for a single case after two decades of trials, is finally free. Curtis Flowers was subjected to 23 years behind bars and, ...

September 07, 2020
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Coalition Groups Urge District Attorney to Support DNA Testing for Man on Death Row

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|Date: September 01, 2020
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Coalition Groups Urge District Attorney to Support DNA Testing for Man on Death Row

By Julietta Bisharyan MEMPHIS - For more than three decades after being sentenced to death, Pervis Payne ...

By Julietta Bisharyan MEMPHIS - For more than three decades after being sentenced to death, Pervis Payne has maintained his innocence. With his execution date on Dec. 3, 2020, looming, DNA testing cou ...

September 01, 2020
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