Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to grant a rehearing of its decision holding it is unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for child rape, SCOTUSblog reports.
Lawyers for a convicted Texas murderer who narrowly escaped execution earlier this month have filed a habeas corpus petition in the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Updated: A judge who oversaw the death penalty trial of Charles Dean Hood and the prosecutor in the case have admitted an affair, lawyers told the governor of Texas in…
There’s no word about what was said at depositions yesterday and today of a former prosecutor and a retired judge accused of having had an affair more than a decade…
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked for briefs and set a short deadline for the parties to address whether the justices should reconsider their decision that it is unconstitutional to…
Charles Dean Hood is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. But first his lawyers will be allowed to depose a former prosecutor and retired judge accused of having an affair during…
Lawyers for a death-row inmate told the Utah Supreme Court yesterday that a prosecutor’s attempt to obtain sanctions against them had put them at odds with the interests of their…
Lawyer Stephen Bright, president of the Southern Center for Human Rights, had told officials he wanted to help an ex-con get his life on track when he…
A new judge has scheduled a hearing for Monday to consider a Texas death-row inmate’s request for more information about an alleged affair between the judge and prosecutor in his…
A group of 22 former judges and prosecutors have sent a letter to the governor of Texas seeking a delay of the execution of Charles Dean Hood to allow time…
Ruling today that the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office is too understaffed to handle most of the felony cases it is getting, a Florida judge said 60 percent must be handled…
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