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Killing Fewer, and Killing Carefully: Death Penalty Defense in China on the Eve of the Beijing Olympics
Presented by Richard S. Jaffe, Jaffe, Hanle, Whisonant & Knight, P.C. (Birmingham, AL) and special guest Randal Padgett, Death Row Exoneree
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
NACDL encourages counsel not to abdicate their responsibility to provide effective representation to their clients and to continue to make a full record of work that cannot be achieved during the pandemic. NACDL supports its members and others who adhere to fundamental capital practice standards during this pandemic and refuse to undertake substandard in-person work.
Whatever Happened to Willie Horton? Edward A. Mallett October 2000 7 When George W.'s father beat Michael Dukakis in 1988 he got great mileage out of the proposition that a violent crime by a Massachusetts parolee demonstrated the Democratic Party's incompetence. His anti-crime demagoguery connected
Letter to the Nevada state Assembly Judiciary Committee regarding a proposal to abolish the death penalty statewide, as addressed in AB 395 (2021).
Turn to The Champion for the exchange of ideas and practice tips from the best defenders in the nation.
This week, we explore the 1989 execution of Carlos DeLuna by the State of Texas.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Alabama in support of petitioner. Issue: Whether there was no “cause” to excuse a missed filing deadline in a habeas case where the petitioner was blameless for the default, the state’s own conduct contributed to the default, and petitioner’s attorneys of record were no longer functioning as his attorneys at the time of the default.
NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of respondent.
