Terry Lenamon’s Death Penalty Blog
"Focuses upon capital punishment in America today."
Author: Terry Lenamon practices at Swartz & Lenamon in Miami.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Death Penalty • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Terry Lenamon’s Death Penalty Blog
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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In Depth Look at the Law: China Death Vans and the Sale of Human Organs Harvested from Death Penalty Executions
Sale of organs “illegal” in China after July 2006 In 2006, the government enacted the provisions on the “Entry and Exit of Cadavers,” which officially banned the commercial sale of human organs. [136] However, the…
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Death Row Inmate Troy Davis’ Defense Attorney Tom Dunn Gives Up Law, Starts Teaching Career
Troy Davis is a name you probably recognize because of the international movement to free him as an innocent man, wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death by the State of Georgia. We’ve posted about Troy…
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In Depth Look at the Law: China Death Vans and Harvesting Prisoner Organs for Profit
Due to reports of the torture and anguish of prisoners and the secrecy surrounding the death penalty’s application in China, it is virtually impossible to independently verify that any executed prisoners truly gave consent for…
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Found: One Recent In-depth Article on the China Death Vans. Who’s Covering the Story? Tibet. And They’ve Researched Death Vans Back to the Nazis.
Tomorrow, our series on the China Death Penalty Vans continues. This horror is happening right now, and it’s amazing how this story is not being covered by the media. No one knows about this!!! Searching…