Several state senators have introduced a bill that would lift the Court of Appeals-imposed moratorium on executions. The top court held last month that Maryland's death penalty protocols are invalid because they were not subjected to extensive public review as required by the Administrative Procedure Act. Senate Bill 239,...
The American Bar Association is taking issue with proposed regulations to implement a statute that offers states a drastically streamlined habeas corpus review in death penalty cases in exchange for improvements in their post-conviction defense process.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The New Jersey Senate voted 30-6 today to suspend all executions in the state and examine flaws in the death penalty system. The bill now moves to the Assembly for a scheduled January vote, where it is expected to pWASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /U.S....
LOS ANGELES -- Today in a rare unanimous decision the California Supreme Court found that San Quentin inmate Adam Miranda was wrongly sentenced to death because district attorneys, including senior District Attorney Curt Hazell and now sitting judges Lance Ito and Frederic Horn, withheld confessions to the killing by the...
The New York State Senate recently passed legislation that would amend the state's death penalty law to fix a provision that was ruled invalid by the state Court of Appeals.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to the Governor's recommendations for change to the anti-terrorism bill passed last fall, the Illinois Senate today agreed to accept the changes with the exception of his proposal to remove the deaSPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to...
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A Prince George's County man convicted and sentenced to death for the 1995 double murder of an elderly couple in their home -- and who has exhausted all his post-conviction remedies -- lost his bid for habeas corpus relief yesterday.
The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill last month that would bar executions of mentally retarded offenders convicted of capital crimes. Senate Bill 497, altering the state's law on the death penalty, passed 40-0 without discussion. It still The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill...
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