DEATH PENALTY DEFENDERS
NEWS & LINKS
How to Challenge Lethal Injection Post Baze; Judges Move in on IAC; Death Penalty Resources
Louisiana's set up for Lethal Injection is not legal. Gary Clements; La. Capital Post Conviction Project. See materials here on hearings held in Caddo Parish Case, including sample motion which should be filed in each pending Capital Case.
Memo on LI in Louisiana - Part 1; Part 2 In MS WORD Part 1; Part 2
Motion For Hearing on L.I. Challenge In MS WORD
JUDICIAL INTERVENTION EXPLAINED TO PUBLIC DEFENDER SEMINAR - The Judges may respond to recent findings by the Federal Courts of "ineffective Capital Counsel". No, its not by granting a Continuance! Its by jumping in and making determinations of effectiveness in advance of trial! 7/ 20 /08
HOFSTRA LAW REVIEW EDITION DEDICATED TO MITIGATION Volume 36, No. 3 (Spring 2008) Entire issue available on line in PDF, includes Guidelines for Mitigation Counsel. 7/8/08 (Thanks to ACCD for this lead)
WALLER AND CUNNINGHAM EXPLAIN MITIGATION Dani Waller is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW); having earned two Master's Degrees. Dani has provided training for others in the field of mitigation by lecturing at numerous conferences and also collaborated with the Center for Justice in Capital Cases at DePaul University. Doctor Mark Cunningham of Dallas, Texas joined her with insight into a number of mitigation issues In June 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Scott Panetti case regarding competency to be executed. A conceptualization articulated by Dr. Cunningham in the federal hearing was quoted in the Supreme Court opinion and served as the central focus of the arguments. Their presentations at Death By Trial 2008 were a highlight of the conference.