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Laura Lark and Otis Ike : Pictures at an Execution
Demonstrators protest the death penalty at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Kimberly McCarthy was put to death, the 500th execution by the State of Texas. Photo by Otis Ike / The Rag Blog. Pictures at … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : The Limbo of Death Row
Image below (inset): ‘Dominoes. Death Row, Texas,” 1979. Photo by Bruce Jackson from In This Timeless Time. Image from Prison Photography.‘In This Timeless Time’:The limbo of Death Row The life and surroundings can be summed up in the words of … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Death Row, Ron Jacobs
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Lamar W. Hankins : Documenting Flawed Forensics and the Willingham Execution
Scene from Joe Bailey Jr. and Steve Mims’s Incendiary: The Willingham Case. Image from Truly Indie.Rick Perry and the Texasdeath penalty smokescreen Incendiary: The Willingham Case, a documentary film. It is both riveting and sickening to watch how, in Texas, … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : The Death Penalty and the Question of ‘Actual Innocence’
Demonstrators carry pictures of Troy Davis, who was executed Sept. 21, 2011, in Jackson, GA. Image from Politics and Fashion.When government decides to kill:The death penalty and thequestion of actual innocence [The Supreme] Court has never held that the Constitution … Continue reading
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Tagged Actual Innocence, Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Lamar W. Hankins, Troy Davis
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Playing with Fire : Perry Admits Medina Role in Winningham Execution
Fighting fire with fire: David Medina played role in execution:Perry’s counsel was cleared of arson charges By Glenn W. Smith / October 19, 2009 Dog Canyon’s Glenn W. Smith and Steve Hall of the StandDown Texas Project join Thorne Dreyer … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Forensic Science, Rick Perry, Texas Politics
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Death Penalty Probe : Perry Pressured Panel Chair
Fired commission chief Sam Bassett:Pressure from Perry on Willingham probe By Zachary Roth / October 13, 2009 It’s starting to look more and more like Texas governor Rick Perry orchestrated an effort to thwart a state probe into an arson … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Political Corruption, Rick Perry, Texas
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Austin : 20 Men Exonerated by DNA call for Death Penalty Moratorium
Former Florida death row inmate Juan Melendez, left, greets former Texas death row inmate Clarence Brandley at a news conference Friday, Oct. 31, in Austin. Photo by Rudolfo gonzalez / Austin American-Statesman.‘The exonerated men, members of Witness to Innocence, want … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Death Penalty, DNA, Forensic Medicine, Human Rights, Science, Texas
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Our Future: Way More Killing Than Is Necessary
“What Do You See in Your Future?”The Unnecessary Execution of Jose Ernesto MedellinBy Greg Moses / August 6, 2008 If at 9:59 pm Central Time on Tuesday night you were refreshing your browser to “sort by date” the latest news … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Militarism, Texas, Texas Death Row
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Death Row and ‘The Rat Trap’
Levon Jones was freed from North Carolina’s death row in May after a paid informant recanted her testimony.Death row exonerations expose failings of the ‘snitch system’By Christopher Moraff Since 1973, 129 innocent people were released from death row — more … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Death Penalty, War on Drugs
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World Court Urges US to Stay Five Executions
World Court judges on June 19 heard arguments in the case involving Mexican citizens on death row in the United States. Photo by Peter Dejong / AP.Mexico had appealed to U.N. body on behalf of citizens on Texas death row.July … Continue reading
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More Wrongful Convictions : The Justice Project
New DNA tests “do not support the current conviction” of Texas Death Row inmate Michael Blair (pictured), who was condemned in the 1993 slaying of 7-year-old Ashley Estell, a high-profile case that led to the creation of tough sex-offender laws, … Continue reading
Rev. Carroll Pickett Discusses Texas’ Death Row, Opposition to the Death Penalty
Rev. Carroll Pickett at “The Walls,” Huntsville, TexasChaplain Discusses ‘Death House’ MinistryReverend Carroll Pickett was the death-house chaplain at the Walls prison unit in Huntsville, Texas for 13 years. During his tenure, he ministered to 95 inmates executed by lethal … Continue reading
