Laura Burstein

Instead of funding executions, Tennessee should support victims of violence | Opinion tennessean.com/story/opinion/… via @tennessean

New: #RobertRoberson, facing execution for a crime that never occurred, asks TX CCA to stay his Oct. 16 execution in “shaken baby syndrome” innocence case. Read more here: tinyurl.com/26d72apc

Clemency petition filed today for #RalphMenzies citing worsening dementia, failing health, and proceedings so flawed presiding judge no longer stands by death sentence. Execution set for September 5 in Utah. More here: tinyurl.com/sa5b48z3

BREAKING ATTY STMT: Despite overwhelming evidence proving that #RobertRoberson is innocent in TX “shaken baby” case, court schedules execution for October 16, 2025. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4mbfe6rx

New Filing: #ByronBlack asks @GovBillLee to commute death sentence to LWOP based on his intellectual disability before Aug. 5 scheduled execution. Black would be the first person with an intellectual disability executed in TN in the modern era. More here: tinyurl.com/4vnksm7y

BRKG ATTY STMT: Utah court sets September 5th execution date for #RalphMenzies, a wheelchair-bound man on oxygen with severe dementia that has stripped him of any rational understanding of why the State of Utah seeks to execute him. More here: tinyurl.com/mw6e2cpj

Just In: Attys for #RalphMenzies file new competency petition citing dramatic cognitive & physical deterioration since evaluations relied upon by the court. On UT death row, Menzies has dementia, is wheelchair-bound, & needs oxygen. More here: tinyurl.com/2nt8a5v7

New Filing: #ByronBlack seeks preliminary injunction to ensure implanted defibrillator cannot restart his heart during execution causing torturous death. Execution set for Aug. 5 despite State’s recognition of Black’s intellectual disability. More here: tinyurl.com/2s49rxfh

BREAKING ATTY STMT: SCOTUS rules 6-3 that TX death row prisoner #RubenGutierrez has standing to challenge the constitutionality of Texas post-conviction DNA statute. Read more here: tinyurl.com/37h396xc

New Filing: #ByronBlack asks TN Supreme Court to order lower court to consider whether he is incompetent to be executed. Execution set for August 5 despite Black’s intellectual disability, dementia, and brain damage. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4x7skp2b

BRKG ATTY STMT: Attorneys file an objection to TX AG’s request to schedule an execution date for #RobertRoberson, an innocent man wrongfully convicted of causing the tragic death of his chronically ill daughter. More here: tinyurl.com/ykchznfb

BRKG ATTY STMT:“There was no need for Oklahoma to execute John Hanson. He would have lived the rest of his life in federal prison, costing the state nothing and posing no danger to anyone. Today, Oklahoma carried out an act of pointless cruelty.”More here: tinyurl.com/y9nyc7s5

Attorney Stmt: OCCA vacates #JohnHanson’s stay of execution despite allegations of bias in clemency hearing. Hanson is scheduled for execution tomorrow even though more culpable co-defendant is serving life. More here: tinyurl.com/3p8ksfc8

New Filings: Today, #CharlesFlores, on TX death row, asks court to grant new trial in “hypnotized witness” innocence case. Filings include new affidavits supporting claims of actual innocence. Read more here: tinyurl.com/rmefvku8

Attorney Statement: #JohnHanson, scheduled to be executed June 12, files lawsuit against Okla Pardon and Parole Board alleging biased board member in clemency hearing. Seeks stay of execution while court considers claims. More here: tinyurl.com/y2hm4wd5

Attorney Statement re: execution of #OscarSmith: “Our State should stop poisoning people to death in this cruel manner." Read more here: tinyurl.com/2t9r263r

Attorney Statement: Despite serious concerns about illegally sourced lethal injection chemicals and ongoing litigation, @GovBillLee denies execution reprieve for #OscarSmith. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4273mydt

Texas death row conviction challenged over use of ‘hypnotized’ testimony beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/t… via @BmtEnterprise

New Filing In "Hypnotized Witness" Death Row Innocence Case: Charles Flores Asks TX Court Not to Set Execution Date. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4ftctde3

New Filing: TN death row prisoners ask court to reject state’s motion that would keep secret info about its lethal injection chemicals and the qualifications of executioners. Execution scheduled for next Thursday. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mr39xf69