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Pending Executions
September
2 Holly Wood* (Ala)
9 Holly Wood* (Ala)
10 Cal Brown* (Wash)
15 Kevin Keith* (Ohio)
16 Gregory Wilson* (Ky)
23 Teresa Lewis* (Va)
October
6    Michael Benge* (Ohio)
14  Gayland Bradford* (Tex)
14  Donald Wackerly II* (Okla)
16 Jeffrey Matthews* (Okla)
20 Roderick Nunley* (Mo)
21  Larry Wooten* (Tex)

Stayed
August
17 Jeffrey Matthews* (Okla)

Executions
August
10 Roderick Davie* (Ohio)
12 Michael Land* (Ala)
17 Peter Cantu* (Tex)

* "serious" execution date / (s) stay believed likely / (V) Volunteer / note this list may erroneously exclude recently added execution dates
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DPIC
• NEW VOICES: North Carolina District Attorneys Support Moratorium on Executions
• Pennsylvania's Costly Death Penalty Produces Nothing in Return
• RESOURCES: DEATH ROW USA Winter 2010 Now Available
• National Shortage of Drug for Lethal Injections Leads to Stays of Execution
• NEW VOICES: Former Bush Solicitor General Sides with Former Death Row Inmate in Case Before Supreme Court
Berman on Sentencing
• Can and should we try to research sentencing law and policy in actual laboratories?
• "Cooperation's Cost"
• The latest judicial hold-up of executions in California
• Notable tussle between federal judge and federal defenders in Pittsburgh
• "N.Y. Judge Vacates Deportation Plea Due to Changing Legal Landscape"
Innocence Blog
• When the Defense Fails
• The Growing Call for Reform in North Carolina
• Fighting Police Misconduct in New Orleans
• Friday Roundup: Prosecutorial Misconduct and Junk Science
Terence Lenamon on the Death Penalty
• California Executions? Is Death Row Really the Target of California's Budget Crunch?
• Troy Davis Loses; Federal Judge Moore Takes 172 Pages to Tell Us Why - Look for an Appeal
• Mental Illness and the Death Penalty: Here's a Story You Should Read
• Casey Anthony and the Death Penalty: I Give My Opinion to the Orlando Sentinel
• California Death Penalty: Guest Blogger Asks How Would You Spend $64 Million?
SCOTUS Blog
• Wednesday round-up
• Diminishing a precedent
• Tuesday round-up
• Two new Solicitor General invitation briefs filed
• Monday round-up
Harmful Error
• Oral Argument Calendar: Sept. 2
• Oral Argument Calendar: Sept. 1
• Nevada Supreme Court issues 3 opinions
• Nevada Supreme Court issues opinions in 4 civil cases
Henry “Hank” Skinner
• Apple TV revamps 'hobby' : Business & Heritage Clarksville Magazine
• On this date . . .: The 2nd day of September
• Prestige Clothing and Accessories » Blog Archive » Olive Dress Suit
• Scriblets: A Good Year
• ROMANTIKK- takk. :O)): Nostalgiske notatbøker.
• Sky 91, Mercury 82 Arizona at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Blount County ...
• Over 250 Pdf Books On Dvdrom For Atheists & Agnostics ...
• Arts Advocacy Update 143: Carnac Puts the 'Ask' in Nebraska ...
• Stork report , Nell News
• Useless Trivia and Mindless Rants: HAVE A LITTLE FAITH; What If ...
Third Circuit Blog
• Search Incident to Execution of Warrant Upheld
• In first treatment of Gant, Third Circuit applies limited search-incident-to-arrest rule beyond vehicle searches
• Fractured Third Circuit panel clarifies government waiver rules and previews looming Fourth Amendment issue
• Upholding § 922(k) Ban on Unmarked Firearms, Court Charts Course for Second Amendment Challenges
Stand Down
• From Oklahoma
• More Coverage of the Tim Cole Panel Report
• An Update of Kevin Keith
• ACS Issue Brief on Indigent Defense
• Continued Coverage From North Carolina
• California Lethal Injection Remains Barred
• The Latest From North Carolina
• 11th Circuit Declares Use of Pepper Spray on Mentally Ill Prisoners Unconstitutional
The Agitator
• Firing up the DVR Now
• Time Lapse of Earth Rotating Under an Astronaut
• Afternoon Links
• Concern About Police Secrecy = “Tilting at Windmills”?
The Crime Report
• IL Prison Boss Quits; Was Criticized For Early-Release Program
• Author Baffled That Books Inspired Discovery Channel Gunman
• Illinois Teen Prosecutions: ‘Like Killing Flies With Sledgehammers’
• NY Prison Director Got Free Meals, Fridays Off For 17 Years
• Colorado Candidate’s Law Enforcement Work Draws Scrutiny
• Even Before Tough Law, AZ Illegal Immigrant Population Dropped
• Milwaukee’s Ex-Cops May Get OK To Carry Concealed Guns
Grits for Breakfast
• Why so few DWIs in Berlin? Public transport
• Fully Fund the Texas Commission on Jail Standards
• Untitled
• The Tim Cole Advisory Panel Report: Too Much Ado, Not Enough Done
Fifth Circuit Blog
• On Remand for Resentencing Without Specific Instructions, District Court May Consider Any New Evidence from Either Party Relevant to Issues Appealed
• § 924(c) Conviction a "Felony Drug Offense" for Controlled Substance Act Enhancement Purposes If Record Shows It Involved Drug-Trafficking Crime
• Government Failed to Prove That Defendant Used "Counterfeit Mark" on Containers of Allegedly Counterfeit Drugs
• Border Search Doctrine Applies As Long as International Border Has Been Crossed, Regardless of Where Travel Originated
Sixth Circuit Blog
• The day the Fourth Amendment Died
• No Title to Capture Truly Deplorable and Heinous Facts
• The Old Corpus Delicti Rule
• Acceptance Issue
Ninth Circuit Blog
• Untitled
• Untitled
• Untitled
• Case o' The Week: Ninth's Hurd Mentality - Good decision rejects use of post-Miranda Silence
Tenth Circuit Blog
• No 4th Amendment Seizure Where Civil Rights Plaintiff Fled; No Malicious Prosecution Where Evidence Supported Gun Charge
• Successive 2241 Petitions Not Subject to AEDPA's Prior Authorization Requirement
• Unpublished Decisions
• Untitled
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blog
• Today's Opinions (or lack thereof) - 6/2/10
• Case Summary - Julian Kuciemba v. State
• Fist Full of Meyers - Today's Opinions - 5/26/10
• Case Summary - Oscar Perez, Jr. v. State
• Case Summary - Douglas Michael Hubert v. State
• Today's Opinions - 3/3/10
• Case Summary - Pamela Shakera Langham v. State
• Case Summary - Ronald Lee Wilson v. State
• Case Summary - Robert Leahy Powell v. State
• Rule 79.2 vs. Ex parte Hood
Fourth Amend Blog
• CA6: Where state law says a judge has no jurisdiction to issue SW in another county, the Fourth Amendment is violated
• N.D.Ohio: Officer's claim that small quantity of drugs was "immediately apparent" in a messy car floorboard was rejected
• E.D.N.Y.: Using cell phone as a tracking device requires PC under Fourth Amendment
• OH8: Inventory that was admittedly investigatory was invalid
CAAFLog
• CAAF’s petition docket last term — not an historic low
• New Military Law Review issue, continued
• Summer 2010 Military Law Review online
• Our 2008 MCMs are now even more out-of-date
TMN
• New Song About the Case of Todd Willingham by Luke Powers
• Screening and Discussion of Award-Winning Documentary “State vs Reed” Friday September 3 in Austin
• Video of Ron Carlson Speaking to Houston Media About Death Penalty on the Day Before the Execution of Peter Cantu
• SADP seeks nominations for the Youth Abolitionist of the Year Award
• Video of Flowers at Waltrip Memorial for Murder Victims Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña
TEXAS DEATH PENALTY
• A rare look from the warden's perspective
• Craig Watkins changes his mind, supports the death penalty after all
• Pennsylvania case bears striking resemblance to Willingham
• Supreme Court rules, but Keller fights on
Journey of Hope
• The Truth about Homicide
• Opinion: Without death penalty, we'd have funds to treat mental illness
• Washington Orders Shahbaz Airbase Saved, Not Pakistan's Flood Victims By Stephen Lendman
• Capital punishment can't bring back loved ones
• Love and Compassion for All of Humanity needed for Flood Victims
Death Watch
• Judge Pushes Wong Trial Forward
• Executions – September 2010
• Capital Trial Update 8/31/10
• Capital Trial Update 8/26/10
• Judge Tosses Death Penalty After Police Misconduct
TCASK
• Check out TADP's New Website
• More Evangelical Pastors Speaking Out on the Death Penalty
• Moving Story about Sisters' Reponse to Murder
• Amnesty International Releases Global Death Penalty Report for 2009
• Bob Clement Reflects on His Father, Governor Frank Clement, and Tennessee's Death Penalty
Defense Newsletter Blog
• Rainier: Service Station Burglary Counts as Violent Felony
• Di Pietro: Immigration Marriage Law Not Void for Vagueness
• Zaldivar: Alien Smuggling Enhancement for Death on Board
• Johnson: Counsel not ineffective in failing to call prison expert
Simple Justice
• The Blawgosphere Is Alive (If you're not too picky)
• Comment Envy
• Child Cruelty
Gamso for the Defense
• Updating the Disclaimer
• On the Other Hand
• Hope, Redemption, and Forgiveness
• Can't Kill Him Yet - The Update
• Can't Kill Him Yet
Executed Today
• 1983: Jimmy Lee Gray, drunk-gassed
• 1714: Maria Mouton and her slave Titus, lovers
• 1923: Nathan Lee, the last public hanging in Texas
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A Criminal Enterprise
• Williams v. Louisiana – Cert Conference on May 13th
• Cert Petition on Proportionality Review in Louisiana
• Autobiography of an Execution
• Sentencing Law & Policy Blog Features Rob’s Piece on “The Racial Geography of the Federal Death Penalty”
How Appealing
• "UW-Madison must fund prayer activities, court says"
• "Court denies Scrushy's request for release on bond"
• "John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling"
• In a ruling that's bound to make Kool & The Gang proud, Second Circuit affirms the rejection of a lawsuit alleging that Ladies' Nights run afoul of federal anti-discrimination laws
• "Judge again puts state efforts to resume executions on hold"
• ABA Litigation podcast: Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner shares his thoughts on effective appellate brief writing.
• "Kinser chosen to be next chief justice of Virginia Supreme Court"
• "Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy ask court to dismiss honest services fraud charges against them"
• "This is crazy. It turns out that one of the greatest legal bloggers on the interweb, Howard Bashman the author of How Appealing, is married to the co-author of a new book on vampire slayers."
• "New Breed of Patent Claim Bedevils Product Makers"
TalkLeft
• Cuz What Dems Are Doing Is Working So Well
• "Moderate" Dems Fighting For Tax Cuts For The Rich, Oppose Tax Cuts For The Middle Class
• Liberals Are Dumb Too, Part 2
• Thursday Morning Open Thread
Defending People
• Frendship and Friendship
• PDs and Private Lawyers: Last Thoughts
• PDs and Private Lawyers: More Interplay

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