Terry Lenamon’s Death Penalty Blog

Recent Posts from Terry Lenamon’s Death Penalty Blog

• Ohio First State in the Nation to Change Lethal Injection Execution Method to Single Drug - What Are the Consequences?

  Last week, the State of Ohio announced that it was changing its method of execution from a lethal injection involving three drugs (sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride) to a single injection of the…

• Former District Attorney Sam Milsap Admits “I Made a Mistake” in Death Penalty Prosecution - 16 Years after Execution

  People wonder why I am so adamently opposed to the death penalty, and then stories like this appear in the media and I, in turn, wonder how anyone can support capital punishment.  Sam Milsap’s Mea…

• Our Prediction that California’s Billy Joe Johnson Would Help the Fight Against the Death Penalty Proves True

  Right before Halloween, we posted about the new Death Penalty Information Center revelation that focusing solely on a state’s budget bottom line, capital punishment should be outlawed because it just costs too much — and…

• And Now, All Eyes are On the Governor - Will Virginia’s Tim Kaine Stop the Execution of John Muhammad, the DC Sniper?

  Virginia executes more people in this country than any other state than Texas, so the statistics seem to sway us toward a prediction that Governor Tim Kaine will allow the upcoming execution of John Muhammad, the…

• Death Penalty on Film: Capote (2005)

  This past week, the film Capote (2005) was shown on television — and while the name suggests that the movie covers the life of famed author Truman Capote, that’s not the case.  What the movie…

• In Depth Look at the Law: Secrecy in China - Successfully Hiding the Truth About Executions for Profit from the World

  Supplying the International Demand for Human Transplant Organs is Big Business in China The demand for transplantable organs is the main reason why organ procurement is so pervasive in China. [204] It is common knowledge…

• US Supreme Court Heard Oral Arguments Yesterday in Wood v. Allen, reviewing Actions of Defense Counsel in Sentencing Phase

  Representing clients facing the sentence of dying by the government’s hand for crimes they have allegedly committed is what I do.  And, while I represent clients in both phases of a death penalty case, I…

• In Depth Look at the Law: China Death Vans and China’s Widespread Corruption - There is No Fairness in China’s Criminal Justice System

  Corruption of China’s Communist Party It has been reported that there is widespread corruption among Chinese government officials including graft, bribery, use of official position for personal gain, blackmail, misuse of public money, and extortion.…

• New DPIC Study Urges Repeal of Death Penalty On Solely a Budgetary Basis just as California inmate asks for death to get nicer Death Row digs

  Today’s news includes the story about the Death Penalty Information Center’s new study of capital punishment costs.  Released this week, and looking solely at the bottom line, the DPIC analysis demonstrates that significant monies can…

• Washington Sniper Seeks Clemency With Mental Illness Argument To Halt Nov 10th Execution

  At this point, it’s pretty late in the legal game for John Muhammad, known as The Washington Sniper.  Tried and sentenced to death for the killing of Dean Meyers, the victim of a sniper’s bullet at a Manassas, Virginia…