Below is this week’s roundup of relevant capital case developments. ABC News July 18, 2022 The Parkland shooter's death penalty trial has begun. KTVB July 15, 2022 Lori Vallow's defense team has filed three motions asking for her indictment to be returned to the grand jury for more hearings, including on the
Below is this week’s roundup of relevant capital case developments. WAFB 07/11/22 Jury selection has begun for the new sentencing trial of a man convicted of the 2015 murder of Trooper Stephen Vincent. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. WSAZ 07/11/22 Prosecutors are considering whether or not to seek the death penalty
Below is this week’s roundup of relevant capital case developments. WPBF 07/01/22 The jury in the Parkland shooter’s sentencing trial was sworn in on June 29. Opening statements will begin July 18. Lincoln Journal Star 07/01/22 The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of John Lotter for the 1993 murder of
Below is this week’s roundup of relevant capital case developments. KLTV 06/25/22 Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man accused of carrying out the 2019 Walmart mass shooting in El Paso, which killed 23 people. A trial date has been set. WCTV 06/22/22 The Supreme court has decided not to
Below is this week’s roundup of relevant capital case developments. NBC June 19, 2022 A Georgia prisoner has been sentenced to death for killing two prison guards while attempting to escape from a transport. ABC30 June 17, 2022 A Fresno man has been charged for the double homicide of a 21-year-old woman
Below is this week's roundup of relevant capital case developments. NBC News 6/13/22 The Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a Texas death row inmate who claims his lawyers failed to investigate any mitigating evidence. Tampa Bay Times 6/9/22 Granville Ritchie, who murdered a 9-year-old girl, remains on death
Newsweek 6/7/22 A federal judge has ruled that Oklahoma’s lethal injection procedures are constitutional after 28 inmates sued claiming that the first drug was not enough to stop them from feeling pain. Oklahoma’s attorney general plans to seek execution dates for the death row inmates. CBS News Miami 6/6/22 As the jury selection
The following are updates in the capital case litigation space, including appeals, verdicts, cases where the death penalty will be sought and their circumstances, and other information for review. Tampa Bay Times 5/20/22 Prosecutors have stated that they will seek the death penalty for a man accused of two separate stabbing murders in
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Date: January 27, 2022 Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama's injunction of the execution of Matthew Reeves. Outcome: Injunction vacated Split: 5-4 (Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh in the majority; Kagan for the dissent, joined by Breyer and
