The Arizona Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution for Samuel Lopez and rescheduled his execution for June 27, in order to allow Arizona’s new clemency board members to be trained in accordance with state law.
Archive for May, 2012
Professor James Liebman and a team of students at Columbia Law School have uncovered substantial evidence that Carlos DeLuna, who was executed in Texas in 1989, was innocent. The Columbia Human Rights Law Review has published a book and website on the thorough investigation conducted by Professor Liebman. The website is below.
In November, 2011, the Arizona Attorney Magazine published an article suggesting the capital case crisis in Maricopa County had been resolved. In the March/April 2012 issue of Judicature, the journal of the American Judicature Society, Christopher Dupont and Larry Hammond respond to that assertion from a defense perspective. The article is below.
The 9th Circuit granted relief today in Detrich v. Ryan on a claim of ineffective assistance of sentencing counsel. The opinion is below. Mr. Detrich was represented by Jennifer Bedier of the Arizona Capital Representation Project and Greg Kuykendall.
