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• CCA versus David Dow

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 148
  According to Grits , UH law professor David Dow and the nonprofit Texas Defender Service will be called to account before the Court of Criminal Appeals for filing tardy paperwork. Two years ago, David Dow and the Texas Defender Service were embroiled in a controversy after a thwarted last-minute attempt to file ...
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• 1938: Robert Lee Cannon and Albert Kessell, the first gassed in California

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 469
  On this date in 1938, California debuted the latest in killing technology when its brand new gas chamber consumed Robert Lee Cannon and Albert Kessel for the previous year’s riot in Folsom Prison. Folsom Prison. http://www.flickr.com/photos/swcamera50/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 Already near 15 years in service in ...
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• Death Penalty in The Usa

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. By Christopher DeRoche Image via Wikipedia Death Penalty in the U.S.A. What is the death penalty really mean? Is it an effective deterrent to crime and should there be an age limit on who receives this punishment? Is it morally just to serve this punishment as revenge or is ...
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• An Update on Bobby Woods

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 528
  Chuck Lindell has updated his post from earlier today, noted here . UPDATE: The Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied Woods’ clemency request, lawyer Maurie Levin said. Also this afternoon, Levin filed an appeal with the U.S. SupremeCourt laying out many of the arguments (detailed below) made in theclemency ...
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• Botched Investigations Lead to Executions

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 528
  Thats the title of an OpEd in todays Asheville Citizen-Times in North Carolina.  Its by Larry Cox, the Executive Director of Amnesty International USA.   LINK When the United States abolishes the death penalty, some of its mostardent proponents ironically may be remembered for having made the mosteffective case ...
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• Lethal Injection Roundup

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 528
  " New execution protocol to be used on Biros ," is the title of Marc Kovacs report for the Youngtown Vindicator. State prison officials implemented a new execution protocol Monday and plan to use it next week on Trumbull County murderer Kenneth Biros. Barring court intervention, Biros will become the first Ohio ...
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• More on the Case of Bobby Woods

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 528
  Chuck Lindell has posted, " Shoddy legal work alleged as execution nears ," at the Austin American-Statesmans Focal Point blog. Back in 2006, I did a two-day series on embarrassingly bad legalrepresentation provided by court-appointed appellate lawyers for deathrow inmates. One of those lawyers, Richard Alley, is ...
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• CCA calls David Dow on carpet for tardy capital habeas submissions

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 536
  Tomorrow attorney David Dow and the Texas Defender Service, a noprofit which handles post-conviction appeals in death penalty litigation, will be called to account at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for filing a habeas brief for a death-row defendant past the 48-hour-before-execution deadline. The new rule was ...
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• The Case of Otty Sanchez

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 528
  Dave Mann writes, " A Systemic Problem ," for the Political Intelligence column of the current Texas Observer. On the tape of the 911 call, Otty Sanchez screams in the backgroundthat the devil made her do it. It was an early morning in July, andSanchez’s sister was calling for help. When San Antonio police ...
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• Jurors Should Have Heard of Veteran’s Stress Disorder, Supreme Court Rules

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a Korean War veteran on death row deserves a new sentencing hearing because his lawyer did not introduce evidence of post-traumatic stress disorder. The Washington Post calls the unsigned opinion “strikingly sympathetic” to veteran George Porter, while the New York Times said ...
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• More Supreme Court News

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 528
  Also yesterday, the Supreme Court rejected one California death case with an innocence claim.  It granted cert in a Michigan case involving double jeopardy, and requested additional briefing in an Alabama death case. Lets begin with an excerpt of Lyle Dennistons SCOTUS Blog post, " Court scuttles photo ruling; ...
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• Porter v. McCollum

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 528
  " Post-combat stress as a defense ," is the title of Lyle Dennistons SCOTUS Blog post. The Supreme Court, in a sign of the times for a nation at war on twofronts, on Monday put defense lawyers on notice that they should beprepared to use evidence of “post-traumatic stress disorder” to try tosave accused ...
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• Military Service, PTSD, and the Death Penalty

  
  Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog — Authority: 128
  A day before President Obama is to announce plans for escalating troop deployments in Afghanistan , the US Supreme Court issued an important ruling concerning returning veterans overwhelmed by the trauma of combat. The Court on Monday sent the death penalty case of George Porter back to the state of Florida ...
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• funny football

  
  Laugh Direct, Watch Comedy Videos Online — Authority: 146
  funny side of football. ociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world.[1][2][3] It is a football variant played on a rectangular gr or artificial turf field, with a goal at ...
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• Champions Trophy: Australia beat England 2-1 for third consecutive win

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Melbourne, Dec 1 (DPA) Title-holders Australia got their third win in as many matches over England 2-1 at the field hockey Champions Trophy Tuesday.Des Abbott scored the winner for the hosts with 10 minutes left as Australia remained on course towards the final and a possible record 10th title halfway through the ...
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• Abidal: Iniesta Had The Right To Berate Cristiano Ronaldo During Barcelona – Real Madrid Clasico (Goal.com)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  The French left-back also believes that CR9 dived in an attempt to win a penalty off Pique…
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• OPEN MESSAGE: To President Nathan of Singapore

  
  Singabloodypore — Authority: 466
  To: Singapore/Malaysia Network   Friends,   URGENT   A different kind of letter. At this point, following rejection of an appeal to Singapores President Nathan, Yong Vui Kong has only a few days before his execution, which I understand will be on Friday, 4 December.  His lawyer, M Ravi,  has sent a ...
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• 1945: Anton Dostler, gone commando

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 469
  On December 1, 1945, German General Anton Dostler was shot by the American military at Aversa, Italy, for war crimes. Gen. Dostler readied for execution, from the U.S. National Archives. Click for larger image, or click here for the post-execution photo. Specifically, General Dostler was condemned for ...
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• Serena Fined For U.S. Open Outburst

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 726
  New York, NY (AHN) – Serena Williams was fined $175,000 and hit with two years of probation at the Grand Slams, one of the most severe penalties ever issued, for her outburst at the U.S. Open. Williams yelled at a lineswoman leading into match point in her match against Kim Clijsters, and was docked a point, ...
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• Hamas approves law to execute drug dealers

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 610
  The Islamist Hamas -run government ruling Gaza has approved a legal change that will allow for the execution of convicted drug dealers, its attorney general said on Monday. "The government has approved a decision to cancel the Zionist (Israeli) military law with regard to drugs and enact Egyptian law 19 of ...
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