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NC Lethal Injection Litigation Continues
2008-05-14 16:44:00 News Update 05.14.08 North Carolina The Council of State fired its latest volley this week in the ongoing litigation over North Carolina’s lethal injection protocol. The arguments can be summarized as follows: 1) the inmates cannot appeal the COS’s decision to approve the lethal injection protocol because they are not “persons aggrieved” by the decision; (2) ...
North Carolina Reaction to Baze
2008-04-21 17:33:00 News Update 04.21.08 North Carolina The US Supreme Court’s decision last week in Baze v. Rees does not mean that executions will resume immediately here in North Carolina. There are two state-based cases that must be resolved - first, a suit by five inmates who allege that the Council of State acted improperly in approving a ...
Supreme Court Has a Typo in the Death Penalty Ruling: ?Cruel and Usual? Pun
2008-04-18 21:30:00 Well, this is something that doesn’t happen very often. A friend of mine pointed this out to me: in the first paragraph of Justice Breyer’s opinion on Baze v. Rees, he has a major misspelling (page 80): Assuming the lawfulness of the death penalty itself, petitioners argue that Kentucky?s method of execution, lethal injection, nonetheless constitutes a ...
Executions to resume after high court OK?s lethal injections
2008-04-16 23:36:00 WASHINGTON (AP) - The longest pause in executions in the U.S. in 25 years is about to end. A splintered Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday, approving the most widely used method of lethal injection. Almost immediately, Virginia lifted its moratorium on the death penalty. Mississippi and Oklahoma said they would seek execution dates for convicted ...
By: TexasFred's
Justices approve lethal injection
2008-04-16 21:15:00 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court cleared the way today for executions to resume across the nation, ruling that lethal injections, if properly carried out, are a 'humane' means of ending a condemned individual's life.
By: Get rich
Supreme Court Rules Lethal Injections for Executions Are OK
2008-04-16 19:24:00 Today, the Supreme Court upheld allowing the death penalty by lethal injection in a 7-2 vote. This is the opinion for the case Baze v. Rees (John D. Rees is the Kentucky Corrections Commissioner). Ralph Baze was scheduled to die in Kentucky after killing a sheriff and deputy sheriff. Here is an excerpt from the court’s ...
Breaking - Baze v. Rees Decided
2008-04-16 16:37:00 Opinion here. Says SCOTUSBlog: In a widely splintered decision, the Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for death-row executions to resume across the country, concluding that the most common method of lethal injection does not violate the Constitution. The final vote was 7-2 in Baze v. Rees (07-5439), although there was no opinion that spoke for five or ...
Next Step in NC Lethal Injection Litigation
2008-04-01 17:06:00 News Update 04.01.08 North Carolina The latest filing in the ongoing Council of State litigation is available here. The inmates - Archie Billings, James Campbell, Jerry Conner, Marcus Robinson, and James Thomas - have asked the Superior Court to reject the State’s Motion to Dismiss and review the Council of State’s November decision to ignore the ...
Ärzte und Hinrichtungen II
2008-02-01 20:26:00 Bereits am 13. Januar hatte ich über ein Editorial des New England Journal of Medicine berichtet, in welchem die Mitwirkung von Ärzten bei Hinrichtungen kritisch beleuchtet wird. Nun hatte das “New England Journal of Medicine” zu einer Diskussionsrunde eingeladen, an der unter anderem die Juraprofessorin Deborah Denno teilgenommen hat, die bereits viele interessante Artikel zu diesem ...
James Callahan - Alabama
2008-01-31 11:33:00 James Callahan soll heute in Alabama hingerichtet werden, und bisher sah es so aus als ob diese Hinrichtung wegen ?Baze? nicht stattfinden würde ? zumindest vorerst. Nun hat am Dienstag der United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit mit 2:1 Stimmen den Hinrichtungsaufschub aufgehoben, welcher durch Bezirksrichter Keith Watkins am 14. Dezember nicht zuletzt ...
11th Circuit Orders Callahan Execution
2008-01-30 19:23:00 This morning, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the stay of execution granted to James Callahan by a federal district court in Alabama in December. The two judges in the majority held that Callahan filed his lethal injection complaint too late, and refused to consider any of the constitutional issues he raised. ...
SQL attacks - the lethal injection
2008-01-25 12:42:00 Hi there, Let everybody know the two very simple golden rules when it comes to web-applications that are communicating with SQL servers: 1. Never send user input text strings directly to the (backend) SQL server(s). Make sure to "clean it up" first (eg. no special chars etc.). Only accept thing you KNOW you want. 2. Always use Stored Procedures and call them with arguments instead of letting text strings (SQL injections) take control of your (backend) SQL server(s). Sticking to those rules will make life a lot easier for admins, consultant and security guys like me. Tell you company developers, thirds party software vendors etc. to stick to the rules (even though they should know them by heart already) - spread the word and life will be a lot easier for all of us good people around the globe
Neuigkeiten ? dies und das
2008-01-22 23:26:00 In Tennessee hat Gouverneur Bredesen erklärt dass er nicht beabsichtige von der Methode der Lethal Injection mit drei tödlichen Substanzen zur Methode mit einer tödlichen Substanz zu wechseln. Bredesen (Demokraten), ein Todesstrafenbefürworter der in seiner Amtszeit bisher drei Hinrichtungsbefehle unterschrieben hat, erklärte dass dieser Wechsel Hinrichtungen eher verhindern denn fortführen würde. Laut Bredesen sind die ...
Murder and the Military
2008-01-15 17:34:00 News Update 01.15.08 North Carolina Over the weekened, The New York Times ran a piece about 120 servicemen (and one woman) who have come home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, unable to leave combat mentality behind, and committed murder on American soil. DW immediately thought of North Carolina, home to Fort Bragg and ...
Lethal Injection ist das falsche Thema
2008-01-15 13:29:00 Ray Krone wurde im April 2002 als 100. Mensch aus dem Todestrakt entlassen weil sich durch DNA-Tests herausgestellt hatte dass er unschuldig war und nicht den Mord begangen hatte, wegen dem er 10 Jahre zuvor zum Tode verurteilt worden war (insgesamt sind es derzeit 126 Menschen, die unschuldig aus dem Todestrakt freikamen). Im folgenden ein Beitrag ...
Lethal Injection - Änderungen in Pennsylvania?
2008-01-14 22:20:00 Offizielle Stellen in Pennsylvania denken über eine Änderung des Lethal Injection Protokolls nach um sicherzustellen dass Hinrichtungen verfassungskonform verlaufen und nicht das 8th amendment verletzen. Der Plan ist das Ergebnis von Gesprächen zwischen dem Mitglied des Repräsentantenhauses Daylin Leach (Demokraten) und dem Leiter des Department of Corrections, Jeffrey Beard. Der Plan sieht unter anderem vor den ...
Ärzte und Hinrichtungen
2008-01-13 18:30:00 Via Steve Hall bin ich auf ein Editorial aus The New England Journal of Medicine gestoßen, das als Thema die Mitwirkung von Ärzten bei Hinrichtungen zum Thema hat. Dieses Editorial ist insofern aufschlussreich, weil es genau beleuchtet in welchem Konflikt Ärzte stehen, von denen die Bundesstaaten wollen dass sie an Hinrichtungen mitwirken, obgleich die Ärzte ...
Conference on lethal injection
2008-01-11 20:32:00 THE LETHAL INJECTION DEBATE: LAW AND SCIENCE March 7-8, 2008 Fordham Law Lincoln Center | New York City Keynote Speaker The Honorable Jeremy Fogel United States District Judge, Northern District of California McNally Amphitheatre, Fordham Law School 140 West 62nd Street | New York, NY 10023 For details and registration please see http://law.fordham.edu/lethalin-jection This event is free and open to the public; $125 ...
quod erat demonstrandum
2008-01-11 00:05:00 Es ist schon seltsam - als am 25. September ‘07 der U.S. Supreme Court verkündete dass man Baze et al. vs. Rees zur Verhandlung zulassen werde, tanzte ich fast durch die Wohnung und die Fülle der Beiträge in den einschlägigen Blogs lässt mich vermuten dass ich nicht der einzige war, dem es so erging. In jenen ...
Supreme Court hears lethal injection case
2008-01-08 16:26:00 The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday began hearing a case brought by death row inmates who contend that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment - a violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. The condemned men assert that the injection can cause unnecessary pain and suffering if improperly administered. It is important to state at the outset of this column what the case is NOT about. It is not about whether the death penalty should be abolished, although all executions have been put on hold since last September, pending the decision of the court. It is specifically about whether the three-chemical compound used to end the inmate’s life can cause a painful death. In discussing this specific point, it became clear that at least four of the judges are skeptical about whether better methods are available. Some also questioned the actual intent in bringing the case before the court. Chief Justice John Roberts said if the chemicals are administered properly, the condemne...
Supreme Court Hears Kentucky Lethal Injection Case
2008-01-08 05:51:00 Today the Supreme Court heard arguments from Donald Verrilli, the lawyer of Ralph Baze, a death-row inmate who killed a sheriff and deputy sheriff. Verrilli claimed that there is a severe risk of pain and agony if the anesthetic is not properly administered, but Roy Englert, the attorney representing the Commonwealth of Kentucky, claimed that “Kentucky has ...
Lethal injection execution death is excruciating
2008-01-07 23:10:00 Lethal injection poses a danger of cruelly inhumane executions with excruciating pain, an attorney for two death row inmates has told the US Supreme Court in a capital punishment case that has drawn worldwide attention. But attorneys for the state of Kentucky and the Bush administration overnight defended the three-drug cocktail used in ...
Supreme Court Skeptical Of Lethal Injection Challenge
2008-01-07 22:59:00 The Supreme Court gave a skeptical hearing today to lawyers challenging the use of lethal injections to carry out executions in the United States. The lawyers argued to the court that the three-chemical compound used in the injection causes inmates to die a painful death. If these three drugs are “properly administered,” the inmate should die ...
By: The Hot Joints
Lethal Injection Arguments Heard
2008-01-07 21:03:00 The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Baze v. Rees this morning. You can listen here using Windows Media Player. The transcript (early version, some typos) is available here. SCOTUSBlog has some initial thoughts, as do the LA Times and the Washington Post. It has been clear from the beginning that this case ...
Looking Ahead to Baze v. Rees
2008-01-02 17:23:00 News Update 01.02.08 North Carolina Love Lived on Death Row screenings: January 22 - Charlotte, 7 PM, St. Matthews Catholic Church January 25 - Raleigh, 7 PM, St. Francis of Assisi January 29 - Charlotte,7 PM, Duke Power Theater March 27 - Asheville, 7 PM, Diana Wortham Theater Elsewhere Thoughts and predictions for next week’s argument in Baze v. Rees from CCR and ...
Baze II
2007-12-25 22:59:00 Via Doug Berman bin ich auf einen sehr interessanten Artikel im National Law Journal gestoßen, welcher Baze et al. vs. Rees und die Hintergründe beleuchtet. Bereits am Anfang fallen die ernüchternden Worte:”It (der Supreme Court, J.) is not being asked to hold that lethal injection is an unconstitutional method in Baze vs. Rees…” Und das ...
Petition against Lethal Injection
2007-12-25 20:26:00 The Petition “Petition outlaw Lethal Injection as a Method of Execution” is from ALIVE. Please sign the petition and forward widely. Thank you
James Callahan - STAY
2007-12-23 23:34:00 Ein Bundesrichter hat die für den 31. Januar geplante Hinrichtung von James Callahan in Alabama gestoppt. Der Richter stoppte die Hinrichtung wegen einer Berufung die Callahan’s Anwälte eingereicht haben und in der die Hinrichtung via Lethal Injection als grausam und damit verfassungswidrig eingestuft wird. Richter Watkins wird in diesem Berufungsverfahren entscheiden, hat aber keinen Termin für ...
Baze?
2007-12-21 11:43:00 Wer sich auch nur kurze Zeit mit dem Thema “Todesstrafe in den USA” beschäftigt hat wird unweigerlich auf die eine oder andere Art und Weise auf Baze et al. vs. Rees gestoßen sein - jenes Verfahren vor dem U.S. Supreme Court, in dem es darum geht ob die Hinrichtung via Lethal Injection gegen das 8th ...
The Lethal Injection Conundrum
2007-12-18 17:31:00 THE LETHAL INJECTION CONUNDRUM By Hank Skinner - Texas Death Row December 14th, 2007 Hope this finds you all alive, well and prosperous. Some 10-11 years ago I authored an article entitled ?Lethal Injection: what really happens? in an effort to educate the public and hoping to persuade some death penalty lawyers to tackle this issue of lethal ...
Fake Science Lands Man in Prison for Life
2007-11-20 17:33:00 News Update 11.20.07 North Carolina Lee Wayne Hunt narrowly avoided the death penalty 21 years ago when he was convicted and sentenced to life without parole for the execution-style killing of a Fayetteville couple. The only forensic evidence against Hunt and his co-defendant were bullets found at the scene, which an FBI agent testified matched a ...
Keep Lethal Injection!
2007-11-06 03:30:00 Since 1968, when Texas first introduced this efficient method of execution, the lethal injection has had minimal, if any opposition. Why? Because it works, does it not? This year however, one will find it hard to commute to work and back without hearing about another tragic story of murderers suffering hours of excruciating pain whilst ...
By: The Butter Stick
Perspectives on the Medical Board Appeal
2007-10-22 18:09:00 News Update 10.22.07 North Carolina There have been a number of editorials and letters to the editor regarding the Medical Board’s decision to appeal a judge’s finding that they do not have the power to discipline doctors who participate in executions. See here and here. The LA Times has a good overview of the issue ...
Death Sentence in Moore County
2007-10-18 15:55:00 News Update 10.18.07 North Carolina A Moore County jury sentenced Mario Lynn Phillips to death yesterday. Phillips and two friends were charged with killing four people in 2003. There have been two other death sentences handed down in 2007, Eugene Johnny Williams of Cumberland County, and Byron Lamar Waring of Wake County. The North Carolina ...
Supreme Court to review lethal injection drugs
2007-10-04 01:59:00 The Supreme Court decided last week to review whether or not the three-drug method used in lethal injections in the United States constitutes as cruel and unusual punishment. It was brought on by a claim raised by two Kentucky death row inmates.
Council of State Approves Lethal Injection Protocol
2007-10-02 15:38:00 The Council of State voted this morning to reject the recommendations of an Administrative Law Judge and approve the Department of Correction’s proposed lethal injection protocol. Of the nine-member Council, only Commissioner James E. Long voted against the DOC. General info on the meeting here. More on the proceedings before the ALJ here. Older blogging here. WRAL reports ...
Court to Consider Lethal Injection
2007-09-25 21:41:00 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections in a case that could affect the way inmates are executed around the country. The high court will hear a challenge from two inmates on death row in Kentucky - Ralph Baze and Thomas Clyde Bowling Jr. - who sued ...
By: TexasFred's
Breaking: US Supreme Court to Consider Lethal Injection Challenge
2007-09-25 16:56:00 The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the Kentucky case known as Baze v. Rees. Ralph Baze and Thomas C. Bowling, inmates on Kentucky’s death row, are asking the Court to consider - for the first time in over 100 years - whether a particular method of execution violates the 8th Amendment’s ...
Council of State to Decide Lethal Injection Issue
2007-09-17 16:15:00 News Update 09.17.07 North Carolina Back in August, the Council of State was ordered to reconsider its decision to approve the new lethal injection protocol. Last week, the Council announced that it will take this under advisement - and render a final decision - at its October 2nd meeting. The Council is not allowing live testimony, ...
Council of State Ordered to Reconsider Lethal Injection
2007-08-13 20:27:00 News Update 8.13.07 North Carolina Death row inmate Eric Queen, age 28, died at Central Prison last week of an apparent suicide. Mental illness likely played a role in his death. It has been over a decade since there was a successful suicide on North Carolina’s death row. In a major development, Senior Administrative Law Judge ...
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 ...
Recent Difficulties Executing Lethal Injection Has Some Questioning Procedu
2007-05-28 17:05:00 Compared to a firing squad or electric chair, receiving a lethal injection as a death sentence seems pretty good. After all, it?s a painless, twenty-minute procedure that takes place while the inmate is asleep. However, a recent execution in Lucasville, Ohio in which it took 10 tries and two hours to successfully kill a man ...
Tenn. lifts lethal injection execution ban
2007-05-01 16:09:00 NASHVILLE, May 1: Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen ordered the lifting of a 90-day ban on executions by lethal injection as procedures have been overhauled.
By: newkerala.com
Lethal Injection Method Seriously Flawed
2007-04-24 00:00:00 The drugs used to execute prisoners in the United States sometimes fail to work as planned, causing slow and painful... |
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