November 22, 2010
The United States Supreme Court will soon decide whether to grant review in the case of Cory Maples, who has been denied review of his conviction and...
November 5, 2010
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals today remanded the cases of death row prisoners David Wilson and Andrew Lackey, after finding that the record...
November 5, 2010
The State of Alabama put to death Phillip Hallford today, despite questions about whether prosecutors violated laws requiring them to disclose to the...
October 22, 2010
The Alabama Supreme Court today reversed Jerry Jerome Smith’s death sentence after finding that he was illegally sentenced because jurors had been...
October 18, 2010
The United States Supreme Court on October 6, 2010, heard oral argument in Connick v. Thompson, in which the Court will decide whether a man who was...
October 8, 2010
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on October 1, 2010, remanded the case of death row prisoner Donald Whatley because there was evidence that the...
October 6, 2010
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on October 1, 2010, ordered a new trial for Alabama death row prisoner Larry Smith, whose lawyer failed to...
October 4, 2010
A Russell County circuit judge on August 31, 2010, granted Alabama death row prisoner James Harrison's request for postconviction relief. Following...
September 30, 2010
A recent opinion from the California Supreme Court examines that state’s struggle to find qualified lawyers willing to handle postconviction appeals...
September 24, 2010
The Alabama Supreme Court today reversed Esaw Jackson's capital murder conviction and death sentence because highly emotional and prejudicial...
