Pfizer Deals Blow to Lethal Injections

Jul 6, 2016 No Comments

By Christopher Zoukis Pfizer, Inc., the world’s second-largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, recently announced new restrictions on the distribution of drugs used to execute prisoners. The May 13, 2016 announcement detailed “distribution restrictions” that the company is placing on certain drugs used in lethal injection protocols, including pancuronium bromide, potassium chloride, propofol, midazolam, hydromorphone, rocuronium bromide and

Excluding Black Jurors Voids Long-Ago Murder Conviction

May 26, 2016 No Comments

In a landmark 7-1 decision earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court voided a nearly 30-year-old murder conviction of a black inmate in Georgia due to prosecutors’ efforts to keep black jurors from hearing the case. Timothy Tyrone Foster, an 18-year-old youth with mental disabilities (which would eventually lead a state court to find his

Prosecutor’s Non-Disclosure Leads to High Court Reversal of Death-Row Prisoner’s Conviction

Mar 16, 2016 No Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a per curiam (“by the court”) order reversing the murder conviction 14 years earlier of a Louisiana death-row inmate. In the fairly unusual per curiam procedure, the Justices decided the case based only on briefs filed by both sides on whether the case should be heard and the

The fight for Richard Glossip must go on

Oct 1, 2015 No Comments

For several minutes on Wednesday afternoon, the world slowed down for those of us who act as advocates of prisoners’ rights. As each second crawled by, we waited with bated breath to hear the news as to whether Richard Glossip, convicted of the killing of Barry Van Treese in 1997, would take his final breaths

Nebraska’s death penalty ban could be a watershed moment for America

Jun 4, 2015 No Comments

On May 27th, the Nebraska legislature made the landmark decision to ban the death penalty in the state. A vote by the legislature came down in favor of overturning Governor Pete Rickett’s attempt to veto a ban on capital punishment in the state. And while some may be surprised that the red state has made this determination,

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California’s Lethal Injection Protocol Deemed Invalid by State Court

Jan 23, 2015 No Comments

By Michael Brodheim In May 2013, a California appeals court invalidated regulations promulgated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) regarding how the state executes condemned prisoners. The appellate court held that the CDCR had “substantially failed to comply” with the procedural requirements of the state’s administrative rules; the decision prohibits the state

Educate Prisoners with Life Sentences and on Death Row

Aug 4, 2014 No Comments

Prison education is a controversial subject due to strong emotions on both sides of the issue. But it’s also an issue that has been the subject of a significant amount of published research — all of which supports the education of prisoners. According to the research, prison education has a marked effect on reducing recidivism,

Death Penalty By Lethal Injection

May 22, 2013 No Comments

Pharmaceutical companies, various state departments of corrections, several countries, and prisoners are under fire. The issue on the table is the death penalty and how it is carried out, specifically in which drugs are used and how they are obtained. Currently, the firestorm spans a number of continents and includes a number of multinational corporations.

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Pfizer Deals Blow to Lethal Injections

Excluding Black Jurors Voids Long-Ago Murder Conviction

Prosecutor’s Non-Disclosure Leads to High Court Reversal of Death-Row Prisoner’s Conviction

The fight for Richard Glossip must go on

Nebraska’s death penalty ban could be a watershed moment for America

California’s Lethal Injection Protocol Deemed Invalid by State Court

Death Penalty By Lethal Injection

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