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• Court: Texas Inmates Decades-Old Sentence Invalid

  
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  Thats the title of an AP report by Michael Graczyk, via WBAY-TV. Its also available through Huffington Post as, "Jerry Hartfield, Texas Inmate, Has Life Sentence For Murder Deemed Invalid By Court of Criminal Appeals." The Texas Court of Criminal...
  6 days ago

• DC Circuit Court of Appeals to Review Judge Jones Ethics Complaint

  
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  The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports, "5th Circuit judge complaint to be considered by Washington D.C. court," by Drew Broach. A formal complaint against a judge of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was transferred Wednesday to...
  6 days ago

• Texas, Florida Execute

  
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  Texas and Florida both conducted executions Wednesday night. It was Texas seventh execution of 2013; the 499th post-Furman Texas execution since 1982, Texas is responsible for more than 37% of the nations post-Furman executions. The Longview News-Journal posts the AP...
  6 days ago

• New 5th Circuit Panel Denies Chester Stay

  
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  The new Fifth Circuit panel included Judges Davis, Clement, and Higginson. IT IS ORDERED that petitioner Elroy Chesters motion for stay of execution is DENIED. His motion to recall mandate also is DENIED. Pursuant to the courts opinion order of...
  1 week ago

• New 5th Circuit Panel Ordered to Consider Elroy Chester Stay

  
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  The three-judge panel that earlier rejected a stay for Elroy Chester has ordered a new panel to consider his request. The order in Chester v. Thaler is available in Adobe .pdf format. The basis for the order is the recent...
  1 week ago

• Texas Execution Scheduled for Wednesday

  
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  "Death Watch: Chester to die June 12," is by Jordan Smith for the Austin Chronicle. In all, Elroy Chester is responsible for at least five murders – including the February 1998 murder of a well-regarded Port Arthur fireman, Willie Ryman...
  1 week ago

• Commentary on Judge Jones Ethics Complaint

  
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  "Judge Edith Jones reportedly sees the death penalty as some kind of mercy," is New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Jarvis DeBerrys take. The death penalty. Youve heard it called many things: Vengeance, barbarism, deterrence, justice. But even if youre a faithful,...
  1 week ago

• Continuing Coverage of Judge Jones Ethics Complaint

  
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  The ethics complaint filed against 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones is available in Adobe .pdf format. Other documents filed with the complaint are also available from the Texas Tribune. "Judge in hot water: Allegedly said minorities are prone to violence,"...
  1 week ago

• Additional Coverage of Judge Jones Ethics Complaint

  
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  The ethics complaint filed against 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones is available in Adobe .pdf format. Other documents filed with the complaint are also available from the Texas Tribune. "Complaint: Judges Death Penalty Remarks Show Racial Bias," is Brandi Grissoms...
  2 weeks ago

• Ethics Complaint Filed Against 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones

  
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  The Austin Chronicle posts, "Judge Edith Jones: Blacks and Hispanics More Violent," by Jordan Smith. Here are excerpts from this must-read: A complaint filed today by several civil rights groups, including one funded entirely by the government of Mexico, alleges...
  2 weeks ago

• Madison County Mental Retardation Board drops the R word from its name

  
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  The agency is now referring to itself as the Madison County 310 Board after Act 310, a 1975 state law that gave local communities control over providing services to people with mental retardation.
  2 weeks ago

• Warren Hill Too Mentally Disabled To Execute, But …

  
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  Warren Hill Warren Hill, who came within an hour of being executed by the state of Georgia in February, has filed a habeas petition at the US Supreme Court.  It was the Supreme Court that banned execution of those with “ mental retardation “ in 2002 , although it was left to the states to decide how to ...
  3 weeks ago

• AP101 Brief #1b: g or not to g in Atkins MR death penalty cases? (part b in series)

  
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  This is a prior (OBG) post for those who may have missed it the first time. Applied Psychometrics (AP) 101 Brief #1b:  g or not to g in Atkins MR death penalty cases (second in a series) If you have not read the first  post in this serie s, you should read the first post now.  Then ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lawyers for Warren Hill File Habeas Petition in Supreme Court

  
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  The Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus is available in Adobe .pdf format. "Lawyers for Ga. death row inmate ask US Supreme Court to prevent execution," is the AP report, via the Republic. Lawyers for a Georgia death row...
  3 weeks ago

• Sahyog – A Unique Village For Over A 1000 Deserted People

  
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  There are several people our society does not accept willingly. The leprosy-affected and the mentally handicapped are some of them. Imagine an entire village dedicated to them, where they can live freely and without prejudice, and receive loving care and attention from dedicated staff. This is what Sahyog Kushtha ...
  4 weeks ago

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