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58 Capital Punishment Cases
Court Case
Jun 2015
Capital Punishment
Racial Justice
North Carolina v. Tilmon Golphin, Christina Walters, and Quintel Augustine
A judge in North Carolina in 2012 has once again confirmed that race plays an integral role in our capital punishment system. Judge Gregory Weeks found intentional discrimination by Cumberland County prosecutors against African-American potential jurors in the cases of three capital defendants, Tilmon Golphin, Christina Walters, and Quintel Augustine. He sentenced all three defendants to life without parole under North Carolina's historic Racial Justice Act. The decision is currently on appeal.
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Court Case
Jun 2015
Capital Punishment
Racial Justice
North Carolina v. Tilmon Golphin, Christina Walters, and Quintel Augustine
A judge in North Carolina in 2012 has once again confirmed that race plays an integral role in our capital punishment system. Judge Gregory Weeks found intentional discrimination by Cumberland County prosecutors against African-American potential jurors in the cases of three capital defendants, Tilmon Golphin, Christina Walters, and Quintel Augustine. He sentenced all three defendants to life without parole under North Carolina's historic Racial Justice Act. The decision is currently on appeal.
Texas
Feb 2015
Capital Punishment
State of Texas v. Max Soffar
An innocent man is dying of terminal liver cancer on Texas's Death Row.
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Texas
Feb 2015
Capital Punishment
State of Texas v. Max Soffar
An innocent man is dying of terminal liver cancer on Texas's Death Row.
Court Case
Jan 2015
Capital Punishment
Texas v. Robert Ladd
The 老澳门开奖结果 represented Robert Ladd, an intellectually disabled man with an IQ of 67, who faced execution in Texas. The 老澳门开奖结果 petitioned the Supreme Court for a stay of Robert Ladd's execution and to review the initial decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Ladd was executed by the state of Texas at 7:02 pm CT on Thursday, January 29, 2015.
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Court Case
Jan 2015
Capital Punishment
Texas v. Robert Ladd
The 老澳门开奖结果 represented Robert Ladd, an intellectually disabled man with an IQ of 67, who faced execution in Texas. The 老澳门开奖结果 petitioned the Supreme Court for a stay of Robert Ladd's execution and to review the initial decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Ladd was executed by the state of Texas at 7:02 pm CT on Thursday, January 29, 2015.
Oklahoma
Oct 2014
Capital Punishment
Free Speech
Oklahoma Observer v. Patton 鈥� Defending Press Right to Observe Executions
The First Amendment guarantees the public and the press the right to witness certain government proceedings 鈥� including public executions. On August 25, 2014, the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Oklahoma filed a lawsuit arguing that this right was violated during the botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of The Guardian and The Oklahoma Observer, whose journalists were deprived the right to view and fully report on the execution.
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Oklahoma
Oct 2014
Capital Punishment
Free Speech
Oklahoma Observer v. Patton 鈥� Defending Press Right to Observe Executions
The First Amendment guarantees the public and the press the right to witness certain government proceedings 鈥� including public executions. On August 25, 2014, the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Oklahoma filed a lawsuit arguing that this right was violated during the botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of The Guardian and The Oklahoma Observer, whose journalists were deprived the right to view and fully report on the execution.