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Wilder Grants Death Sentence Reversal
Governor L. Douglas Wilder commuted Joseph M. Giarratano's death sentence. Giarratano's sentence was reduced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole in 13 years.
Legal Scholar on Death Row Fights to Halt Own Execution
Legal scholar Joseph Giarratano appeals to the Supreme Court in an attempt to commute his death sentence and save his life.
Death Row Inmate Wants to Study Law
Convicted killer Joe Giarratano hopes to elude Virginia's electric chair and study law in Vermont.
The Debate Over Capital Punishment: Facing the Death Penalty
McCarthy anayzles the flaws of executions in death row. Talking with soon to be victim of exectuion, Giarrantano, among others, McCarthy lays out how complicated the legal use of executions are, and how many people think rather too quickly when…
Cutting appeals 'could be Catch-22'
Pan to eliminate state appeals for death row inmates may not speed up the legal process.
Mello's expertise adds diversity
This article discusses Mello's criminal justice resume, his fields of expertise and how he is beneficial as a professor at Vermont Law School.
Last-minute strategy aims for Bundy stay
Mello argues that there is a good case for a potential stay of execution for Bundy.
State joins death row suit
The article discusses Florida joining the lawsuit against the federal government to stop the federal government from mandating the appointment of lawyers to death row inmates for appeals. The article also accounts for the different opinions of state…
Killer escapes execution again 11 years after widow's murder
The 90-pound, 94 year old widow was raped, beaten and stabbed to death in minutes. Nearly eleven years later, her convicted assailant’s battle for life continues as his lawyers keep winning delays in court.
Booker death sentence reversed: the state immediately appealed the ruling to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta
The death sentence of Stephen Todd Booker was overturned because the jury did not look at all mitigating evidence. Booker was before convicted of beating, raping, and stabbing a 94 year old woman.
Booker appeals frustrate lawyer
A newspaper article about Todd Booker. Booker murdered a 94 year old woman and claimed that his death sentence was unconstitutional. Booker was helped by lawyers to push his death sentence.
Appeals ruling key to death sentence: Inmate leaves Death Row for life term
Paul Edward Magill was sentenced to death for crimes he committed as a juvenile. He went through many trials with many appeals. He is now withstanding the last trial to determine his fate. Magill stated that more people had gotten off Death Row than…
Big firms offer death row defense
Big law firms offer lawyers to defend people on death row
Letters: Death penalty law
A letter to the editor of The Washington Lawyer in response to an article titled "The Last Defense" by John Greenya which critiqued the stance of the article in relation to criminal justice, specifically referring death penalty cases.
Professor worked on final Bundy appeals
Michael Mello gave advice to Ted Bundy and his legal counsel.
Mistake Nearly Cost A Life
Joseph Green Brown alias "Shabaka," a wrongly convicted rapist and murder on death row for 14 years, released in 1987, now struggles to enjoy his freedom while he lives in a society that he believes is a failed justice system that has prejudice…
Slotnick for the Defense
An article about Bary Slotnick, defender of the subway vigilante.
Gridlock on Death Row
This Newsweek article uses the failed death row appeal of Warren McClesky by the Supreme Court to bring up complicated issues surrounding capital punishment. Writers argue that the Supreme Court and most in the legal system admit there is racial bias…
Second ruling, had it come earlier, may have saved some inmates, ex-public defender says
An article about a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed Florida courts to consider additional mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases.