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Dec 2012
Capital Punishment
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Petitions Filed Under North Carolina鈥檚 Racial Justice Act
On August 3, 2010, five North Carolina death row inmates filed claims under their state's landmark legislation, the Racial Justice Act. The law, which passed in August 2009, requires that courts enter a life sentence for any death row defendant who proves that race was a factor in the imposition of his or her death sentence.
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Court Case
Dec 2012
Capital Punishment
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Petitions Filed Under North Carolina鈥檚 Racial Justice Act
On August 3, 2010, five North Carolina death row inmates filed claims under their state's landmark legislation, the Racial Justice Act. The law, which passed in August 2009, requires that courts enter a life sentence for any death row defendant who proves that race was a factor in the imposition of his or her death sentence.
Louisiana
Oct 2012
Capital Punishment
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Damon Thibodeaux: A Case of False Confession
Damon A. Thibodeaux was exonerated in 2012 after 15 years on death row in Louisiana. DNA and other evidence proved he did not commit the crime of raping and murdering his young cousin to which he originally confessed. His confession came at the end of nine hours of police interrogation; he was exhausted when it began and beyond confused by the time he issued a confession riddled with mistakes of fact, and containing only information he had received from the police or conjecture.
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Louisiana
Oct 2012
Capital Punishment
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Damon Thibodeaux: A Case of False Confession
Damon A. Thibodeaux was exonerated in 2012 after 15 years on death row in Louisiana. DNA and other evidence proved he did not commit the crime of raping and murdering his young cousin to which he originally confessed. His confession came at the end of nine hours of police interrogation; he was exhausted when it began and beyond confused by the time he issued a confession riddled with mistakes of fact, and containing only information he had received from the police or conjecture.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2012
Capital Punishment
Ryan v. Gonzales and Tibbals v. Carter
Whether death row inmates who have been found incompetent are entitled to a stay of their federal habeas corpus proceedings.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2012
Capital Punishment
Ryan v. Gonzales and Tibbals v. Carter
Whether death row inmates who have been found incompetent are entitled to a stay of their federal habeas corpus proceedings.
Court Case
Jan 2012
Capital Punishment
Galloway v. Mississippi
In a petition for certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, the 糖心Vlogis challenging a death sentence the State of Mississippi obtained against Mississippi death row prisoner Leslie Galloway, who was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murder of Shakeylia Anderson. The State convinced the jury to have Mr. Galloway executed by forbidding it from hearing anything about the harsh conditions Mr. Galloway would face in a Mississippi prison if the jury chose a sentence of life imprisonment without parole instead of execution.
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Court Case
Jan 2012
Capital Punishment
Galloway v. Mississippi
In a petition for certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, the 糖心Vlogis challenging a death sentence the State of Mississippi obtained against Mississippi death row prisoner Leslie Galloway, who was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murder of Shakeylia Anderson. The State convinced the jury to have Mr. Galloway executed by forbidding it from hearing anything about the harsh conditions Mr. Galloway would face in a Mississippi prison if the jury chose a sentence of life imprisonment without parole instead of execution.