@ABAdueprocess

The Death Penalty Due Process Review Project studies capital punishment to promote fairness & accuracy in our justice system. RTs are not endorsements.

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Joined July 2014
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ABA DP Review retweeted
Robert Dunham
@RDunhamDP21 Jun 2018
BREAKING: Gov. #ChrisSununu has vetoed the #NewHampshire #deathpenalty repeal bill. concordmonitor.com/Sununu-ve… @conmonitornews @DPInfoCtr
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Federal court allows review for Texas inmate who gouged out his own eyes to determine whether trial was racially biased and/or counsel ineffective; but will not review whether his #seriousmentalillness precludes him from the #deathpenalty dallasnews.com/news/courts/2…
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John D. Bessler: "The law has long been clear: people with severe mental illnesses should not face execution. It is time to enshrine this long-standing principle in our modern laws." trib.al/NYyEnQn
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(1) #JuanCastillo's is a good example of how a #deathpenalty case can endure numerous court reviews without meaningful inquiry into the issues. Here, attorneys repeatedly asked courts for a hearing on recanted #snitchtestimony & possible DNA testing but were turned away. xitter.cf/RDunhamDPIC/status/996…
Robert Dunham
@RDunhamDP16 May 2018
Fourth execution date arrives for #Texas man who says he’s innocent texastribune.org/2018/05/16/… @TexasTribune @DPInfoCtr #JuanCastillo #deathpenalty
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ABA DP Review retweeted
Robert Dunham
@RDunhamDP10 Apr 2018
BREAKING: #Louisiana state senate committee votes 4-1 to pass a bipartisan bill to repeal the state's #deathpenalty. larepeal.org/louisiana-senat… @DPInfoCtr
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ABA Journal@ABAJournal2 Apr 2018
Looking to fill a need, @DeathPenaltyRep, @ABAdueprocess and @ABADisability launch a #clemency clearinghouse for #deathpenalty cases. ow.ly/hVZr30jh77M
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BREAKING: Bernard Harcourt and the State of #Alabama Settle Civil Rights and Habeas Corpus Lawsuits in private agreement - #DoyleHamm will not receive another execution date. Read: law.columbia.edu/news/2018/0…
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Texas Defender Services' Amanda Marzullo says when thinking of extending exemption from #deathpenalty to severely mentally ill, its worth nothing the inadequacies in the system for those defendants. Probably more likely to get a death sentence #txlege
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Chairman @moodyforelpaso opened #txlege House hearing on the #deathpenalty and mental illness: "Our courts have repeatedly asked the legislature to step up on this topic, and I plan to start that right here, today."
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SCOTUSblog
@SCOTUSblog21 Mar 2018
#SCOTUS holds lower court applied too high a standard for determining when funding of services for criminal defendant is necessary
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ABA DP Review retweeted
IASMIE@Idahoasmie20 Mar 2018
#SMIexemption
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NAMI Kentucky@NAMIKentucky1 Mar 2018
We’re ready for Senate Judiciary today and #SB107! 10am, Rm 154 in the annex. Follow along at ket.org/legislature No one should #DieBySMI #mentalhealth #kyga18 @jrajra @KyWhitney @WilSchroder @aliceforgykerr @mhakentucky @AANetworkKy @NASW_Kentucky @NAMILexington – at Frankfort, KY
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SCOTUS allowed the execution of #EricBranch to proceed tonight, despite the issues raised by the FL Sup. Ct.'s decision to grant new sentencing hearings to prisoners who received final non-unanimous death sentences after 2001--but not before (like Branch). pnj.com/story/news/2018/02/2…
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Barring intervention from #SCOTUS or grants of executive #clemency, three #executions across three states are slated for Thursday this week. All raise significant and controversial #deathpenalty issues. motherjones.com/crime-justic…
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ABA DP Review retweeted
Robert Dunham
@RDunhamDP14 Feb 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has vacated the stay of execution for #DoyleLeeHamm. #Alabama is seeking to execute him on February 22. deathpenaltyinfo.org/files/p… #deathpenalty
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Next week #Texas plans to execute #BartWhitaker for arranging the attack that killed his brother and mother. His father barely survived, but he is meeting with the Parole Board today to ask for #clemency. Read the petition at the bottom of the article. ktxs.com/news/texas/father-t…
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What's New—American Bar Association Resolution: Ban #DeathPenalty for Offenders Age 21 or Younger. deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/70… @ABAesq @ABAdueprocess
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#ABA House of Delegates passes @abadueprocess Resolution 111, urging each #deathpenalty jurisdiction not to execute or sentence to death anyone who was 21 years old or younger at the time of the offense. americanbar.org/content/dam/… #abamidyear #cjreform
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HOD Res 108A: Adopted. Asks governments to exclude from solitary confinement prisoners who are intellectually disabled, mentally ill, pregnant or suffering from other medical conditions. #ABAMidyear
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Prez Bass to #ABAMidyear delegates: We must continue to fight for those w/o a voice and for those for whom few others will speak out. That is the power of the ABA.
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