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News Briefs for a Hump Day

By Robert A. Vella The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that civil forfeitures imposed by state and local governments Continue reading →

Court update: CA bans Police Review Secrecy, DOJ says Homelessness is Legal, CT bans Executions

By Robert A. Vella Here are additional key court rulings from this week: From Daily Kos – California becomes the Continue reading →

The disturbing lessons of Arizona’s un-American execution

What happened Wednesday afternoon to Joseph Wood in Arizona was a state-sponsored, judicially sanctioned human experiment that went terribly wrong. Continue reading →

The real controversy behind Oklahoma’s botched execution

By Robert A. Vella The public furor swirling around the terribly botched execution in Oklahoma yesterday is centered on the Continue reading →

Oklahoma halts double execution after one is botched

A controversial double execution in Oklahoma was scrubbed Tuesday night after the first inmate to receive an experimental three-drug cocktail Continue reading →

New ‘injection secrecy’ law threatens First Amendment rights in Georgia

Update: On Thursday afternoon, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gail S. Tusan granted a stay of Hill’s execution, concluding, among Continue reading →

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