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Another Chapter in the Hoffman Saga
2007-07-30 16:37:00 News Update 7.30.07 North Carolina A retired judge says that he did not allow criminal charges against the prosecutors who put Jonathan Hoffman on death row because he thought it “unlikely” that a jury would convict them. Hoffman’s death sentence was reversed when it was discovered that generous deals given to the State’s star witness were ... More About: The Hoff , Chapter , Saga
Time for Change in NC?s Evidence Rooms
2007-07-27 15:57:00 News Update 7.27.07 North Carolina Chris Mumma, the Executive Director of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence and a member of the North Carolina Chief Justice’s Criminal Justice Study Commission, was interviewed as part of a Denver newspaper’s series on the crisis of lost and destroyed DNA evidence nationwide. “People are recognizing that evidence preservation ... More About: News , Evidence , Change , Time
Video of North Carolina?s Execution Chamber
2007-07-25 15:03:00 News Update 7.25.07 North Carolina Scott Langley has released a ten-minute video of a tour of North Carolina’s death chamber conducted by former warden Marvin Polk in 2005. The video traces the inmate’s final 24 hours, from the time he is brought to the special pre-execution holding cell until his body is transported to a local ... More About: Video , News , Death penalty
General Assembly Approves Protections for Defendants
2007-07-24 16:41:00 News Update 7.24.07 North Carolina From Hickory, a profile of capital defense attorney Lisa Dubs. The article looks at the major cases of Dubs’ career and explores why she chooses to defend some of society’s most reviled members. (I must say that I was given pause by the sexist undertone of the article - newspapers ... More About: News , Assembly , General , Death penalty
Constitution Throws Monkey Wrench in Florida Lethal Injection Machine
2007-07-23 16:15:00 News Update 7.23.07 North Carolina Loose ends from the Jerry Anderson trial here and here. Elsewhere Some very interesting developments out of Florida, where Judge Carven Angel has issued a temporary injunction preventing the execution of Ian Lightbourne. The judge heard testimony on the torture-execution of Angel Diaz, and then-Governor Jeb Bush’s attempts to cover it up, before ... More About: News , Machine , Monkey , Constitution
Breaking: Anderson Mistrial
More articles from this author:2007-07-20 21:26:00 After over 30 hours of deliberation, the judge has declared a mistrial. The jury, split 11-1, was unable to decide whether Jerry Anderson is guilty of the murder of his wife, Emily. The defense presented strong evidence of innocence, including witnesses who saw Emily Anderson alive with another man after police say her husband shot ... More About: News , North Carolina , Death penalty , Breaking 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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