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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; capital murder</title>
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		<title>PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT IN CASEY ANTHONY CASE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/07/22/prosecutorial-misconduct-in-casey-anthony-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 02:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors Fail to Disclose Favorable Evidence that Contradicted Expert’s Testimony

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

We have repeatedly made clear our disdain for prosecutorial misconduct (here). And here we go again. More dirty, underhanded prosecutorial tactics. Just two days after our July 16 post concerning the Casey Anthony “not guilty” verdict, The New York Times carried a report about these tactics being employed by Orlando prosecutors bent on convicting Anthony for capital murder of her two-year old daughter. In our July 16 post we made the following observation about manner of how little Caylee was murdered that prosecutors presented to the jury:]]></description>
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		<title>TEXAS FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMISSION LACKS CREDIBILITY</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Legislature created the Forensic Science Commission (“FSC”) in 2005 to investigate what the Texas Monthly called “scientific negligence and misconduct.” The legislature acted following the February 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham and the October 2004 decision by Pecos County District Attorney Ori White to free Ernest Willis from capital murder charges. Willingham and Willis had both been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for murders they allegedly committed by setting fires to dwellings in which five people were killed—two women in Willis’ case and Willingham’s three young daughters. The forensic arson evidence used to convict both men was virtually identical. In fact, as Michael Hall wrote recently in Texas Monthly, these two condemned men had a lot in common:]]></description>
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		<title>INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN CAPITAL CASES</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/12/05/ineffective-assistance-of-counsel-in-capital-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN CAPITAL CASES

Failure to Properly Prepare for Trial, Basis for Federal Habeas Relief

By:  Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In 2001 the two female justices on the U.S. Supreme Court spoke out about the quality of legal representation afforded to criminal defendants facing the death penalty in this nation.

“After 20 years on (the) high court,” Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said, “I have to acknowledge that serious questions are being raised about whether the death penalty is being fairly administered in this country. Perhaps it’s time to look at minimum standards for appointed counsel in death cases and adequate compensation for appointed counsel when they are used.”]]></description>
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