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Legal Battle Over When Prisoner Is Sane Enough for Execution Bounces Back Here
Supremes punt case of death row inmate Scott Panetti to federal district court in Austin
Keith Hampton
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Point Austin: One Small Step
Kenneth Foster is one life saved on the long road to justice
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On Death Row: Texas’ ‘Law of Parties’
Kenneth Foster’s capital case highlights arbitrary state law
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Supremes to Hear Case of Mexican National on Death Row
Convicted and sentenced to death for 1993 gang rape and murder, Jose Medellin has argued his case should be overturned.
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Supremes Examine Capital Punishment, Mental Illness
How mentally ill does a prisoner have to be in order to deem execution cruel and unusual punishment?
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Mental Illness and Execution: Supremes to weigh in
Supreme Court will hear appeal of Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti, to address question of how mentally ill a person has to be for an execution to be considered cruel and unusual punishment
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Death and the Unpatriotic Act
Among amendments tacked onto newest version of the PATRIOT Act is a section allowing U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to grant legal fast-track for death-penalty appeals in states that have enacted standards for attorney appointments to indigent death row inmates
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Homeless Sting Smarts
Some wonder if APD’s Operation Out of the Box was less about clearing the streets of criminals than about cleansing them of the homeless.
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Babysitter Denied New Trial in Paper Towel Case
Lawyers claim lead attorney in case gave ineffective counsel
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Texas prosecutors use the ‘law of parties’ to widen the net for capital punishment