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Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Death Sentence-Abandonment
Where a defendant sentenced to death in a first-degree murder case challenged the denial of post-conviction relief, the defendant’s trial counsel made reasonable strategic decisions, and there was no abandonment […]
Criminal Law: First-Degree Murder-Death Sentence-Jury Instructions
Where a defendant convicted of first-degree murder after a joint trial with a co-defendant challenged his death sentence, including the aggravating and mitigating factors considered by the jury and the […]
Report: 5th straight year with under 30 executions in US
Fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States and under 50 new death sentences were imposed for the fifth straight year, part of a continuing decline in capital […]
Report: 5th straight year with under 30 executions in US
Fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States and under 50 new death sentences were imposed for the fifth straight year, part of a continuing decline in capital […]
Appeals court affirms man’s death sentence
On the same day the U.S. Department of Justice announced it planned to resume federal executions for the first time in 16 years, a federal appeals court upheld a Missouri […]
Criminal Law: Murder-Death Sentence-“Mentally Retarded” Exception
Defendant appealed from the judgment of sentence of death imposed following his conviction for the murder of a fellow inmate at the mental health facility where they were both incarcerated. […]
Supreme Court affirms man’s death sentence
A Missouri law allowing judges to impose a death sentence after a jury deadlocks on punishment does not violate defendants’ Sixth Amendment rights, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled. In […]
Russell Bucklew execution date set for Oct. 1
The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for a Missouri man whose appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied in April. On June 25, the court issued […]
The surprising reality behind Missouri’s death sentences
A string of executions over the past year belies a surprising reality: Missouri has sentenced few people to death in the past decade.
Criminal Law : Death Sentence – Transcript Problems – Character Evidence
State v. Shockley (MLW No. 65374/Case No. SC90286 – 39 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Stith, J.; all concur)
Criminal Law : Death Sentence – Effectiveness Of Counsel
Holder v. U.S. (MLW No. 65346/Case No. 10-1304 – 32 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)
Criminal Law: Death Sentence – Juror Non-Disclosure – Rehabilitation Of Witness
State v. McFadden (MLW No. 64600/Case No. SC89429 – 35 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Teitelman, J.; Russell, Breckenridge, Fischer, Stith and Draper, JJ., concur; Wilson, J., not participating)
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