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Killing Justice in the Lone Star State : Calling Time on Texas Death Row.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hook : Waterside Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (195 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781909976948
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Killing Justice in the Lone Star StateLOC classification:
  • HV9475.T4 O375 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Front cover -- Copyright and publication details -- Table of Contents -- About the author -- Publisher's note -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Preface -- Shock, trauma and disbelief -- Still the pain lingers -- Introduction -- A few notes from the UK -- Timothy Evans -- Some other notorious UK cases -- Mahoud Mattan -- Another worrying case from my home city -- Could capital punishment ever return to the UK? -- A brief worldwide perspective -- Capital punishment in the USA -- Miscarriages of justice in the USA -- Could capital punishment be abolished in the USA? -- A deeper malaise? -- Focusing on Texas -- Death penalty reform in Texas -- Just imagine -- What leads to a miscarriage of justice? -- The Case of Cameron Todd Willingham -- Evidence and so-called evidence -- The evidence at the trial -- Re-investigation -- Formal re-examination of the case -- The Case of Darlie Routier -- A most tragic case -- 'Silly string' -- False directions -- Problems with experts -- False conviction -- Hope for justice yet -- The Law of Parties -- Purpose of the law -- The law of parties and the death penalty -- Reckless indifference to human life -- Postscript -- The Texas Seven -- Randy Ethan Halprin -- Update -- Patrick Murphy -- A hostile policy -- The Case of Jeffrey Wood -- Outline of the facts -- What the jury didn't hear -- 'Dr Death' -- The victim's father -- A plea by the condemned man's sister -- The Case of Paul Storey -- A legal battle -- Differing versions of the story -- Unreliable memories and questionable realities -- Dissenting voices -- Life on Death Row: A Personal Account -- The Polunsky Unit -- Blaine Milam's first-hand account -- Fundamental human rights -- The Case of Kenneth Foster Jr -- 'A foolish mistake' -- Trial defects -- Flaws in the prosecutions case -- The defence version and juror misconduct -- The missing evidence.
Injustice at the sentencing phase -- Constitutional deficiencies -- What a new trial can show -- Kenneth Foster today -- The Case of George Stinney and Other Juveniles -- An iconic case -- A most hostile arena -- Seventy years of injustice -- A dubious claim to fame -- More on juveniles -- Roper v Simmons -- Other landmark rulings -- International considerations -- A move for entirely new legislation -- The Beijing Rules -- The Case of Ruben Cantu -- Cantu's early life -- Shaky identification evidence -- The case goes cold -- Retractions -- Lockdown Menu: Food on Death Row -- Breakfast -- Lunch -- Dinner -- Total calories per day -- The condemned prisoner's last meal -- The Case of Carlos DeLuna -- The trial -- DeLuna's Death Row interview -- Statement by the victim's family -- Some Other Cases of Concern -- Rodney Reed -- Requests to re-evaluate Reed's case -- A new trial -- David Wayne Spence -- Siren voices -- Gary Lee Graham -- Worrying identification evidence -- A public backlash -- Claude Howard Jones -- Splitting hairs -- Evidence of a co-accused -- Serious doubts -- Lester Bower -- Richard Allen Masterson -- Concealed evidence -- Robert Lynn Pruett -- Problems with informants again … -- Larry Ray Swearingen -- Suspect evidence -- A fresh twist -- National and International Standards -- Role of the Supreme Court -- Key rulings and small margins -- International trends against capital punishment -- Is some shock to the system needed? -- International standards for the treatment of prisoners -- Civil and political rights -- Prevention of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment -- Disability -- Rising to the challenge -- Epilogue -- Playing God -- Hypocrisy and judicial murder -- Sources and Further Reading -- Index -- American Evil: The Psychology of Serial Killers -- Back cover.
Summary: Killing Justice in the Lone Star State is a reality check on active Death Row cases (and some post-execution ones).
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Front cover -- Copyright and publication details -- Table of Contents -- About the author -- Publisher's note -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Preface -- Shock, trauma and disbelief -- Still the pain lingers -- Introduction -- A few notes from the UK -- Timothy Evans -- Some other notorious UK cases -- Mahoud Mattan -- Another worrying case from my home city -- Could capital punishment ever return to the UK? -- A brief worldwide perspective -- Capital punishment in the USA -- Miscarriages of justice in the USA -- Could capital punishment be abolished in the USA? -- A deeper malaise? -- Focusing on Texas -- Death penalty reform in Texas -- Just imagine -- What leads to a miscarriage of justice? -- The Case of Cameron Todd Willingham -- Evidence and so-called evidence -- The evidence at the trial -- Re-investigation -- Formal re-examination of the case -- The Case of Darlie Routier -- A most tragic case -- 'Silly string' -- False directions -- Problems with experts -- False conviction -- Hope for justice yet -- The Law of Parties -- Purpose of the law -- The law of parties and the death penalty -- Reckless indifference to human life -- Postscript -- The Texas Seven -- Randy Ethan Halprin -- Update -- Patrick Murphy -- A hostile policy -- The Case of Jeffrey Wood -- Outline of the facts -- What the jury didn't hear -- 'Dr Death' -- The victim's father -- A plea by the condemned man's sister -- The Case of Paul Storey -- A legal battle -- Differing versions of the story -- Unreliable memories and questionable realities -- Dissenting voices -- Life on Death Row: A Personal Account -- The Polunsky Unit -- Blaine Milam's first-hand account -- Fundamental human rights -- The Case of Kenneth Foster Jr -- 'A foolish mistake' -- Trial defects -- Flaws in the prosecutions case -- The defence version and juror misconduct -- The missing evidence.

Injustice at the sentencing phase -- Constitutional deficiencies -- What a new trial can show -- Kenneth Foster today -- The Case of George Stinney and Other Juveniles -- An iconic case -- A most hostile arena -- Seventy years of injustice -- A dubious claim to fame -- More on juveniles -- Roper v Simmons -- Other landmark rulings -- International considerations -- A move for entirely new legislation -- The Beijing Rules -- The Case of Ruben Cantu -- Cantu's early life -- Shaky identification evidence -- The case goes cold -- Retractions -- Lockdown Menu: Food on Death Row -- Breakfast -- Lunch -- Dinner -- Total calories per day -- The condemned prisoner's last meal -- The Case of Carlos DeLuna -- The trial -- DeLuna's Death Row interview -- Statement by the victim's family -- Some Other Cases of Concern -- Rodney Reed -- Requests to re-evaluate Reed's case -- A new trial -- David Wayne Spence -- Siren voices -- Gary Lee Graham -- Worrying identification evidence -- A public backlash -- Claude Howard Jones -- Splitting hairs -- Evidence of a co-accused -- Serious doubts -- Lester Bower -- Richard Allen Masterson -- Concealed evidence -- Robert Lynn Pruett -- Problems with informants again … -- Larry Ray Swearingen -- Suspect evidence -- A fresh twist -- National and International Standards -- Role of the Supreme Court -- Key rulings and small margins -- International trends against capital punishment -- Is some shock to the system needed? -- International standards for the treatment of prisoners -- Civil and political rights -- Prevention of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment -- Disability -- Rising to the challenge -- Epilogue -- Playing God -- Hypocrisy and judicial murder -- Sources and Further Reading -- Index -- American Evil: The Psychology of Serial Killers -- Back cover.

Killing Justice in the Lone Star State is a reality check on active Death Row cases (and some post-execution ones).

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