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		<title>TEXAS DEATH PENALTY PROCEDURE UNCONSTITUTIONAL?</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/03/09/texas-death-penalty-procedure-unconstitutional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge Acknowledges Innocent People Have Likely been Executed

Harris County Criminal District Court Judge Kevin Fine on Thursday, March 4, 2010, created a tsunami of controversy in the Texas legal community when he reportedly made a comment that he was declaring the state’s death penalty unconstitutional. The comment was made during a hearing on a motion filed by defense attorneys in the case of John Edward Green Jr. who is facing a capital murder charge. What Judge Fine actually did was to declare Article 37.071 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure unconstitutional which is the statute that outlines the procedures for imposing the death sentence in this state.]]></description>
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		<title>CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/03/15/capital-punishment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AN INDICTMENT BY A DEATH ROW SURVIVOR

By: Billy Sinclair

I am pleased to announce, through the website of the John T. Floyd Law Firm, that my wife, Jodie, and I have recently released our second book, Capital Punishment: An Indictment by a Death Row Survivor. Released by the prestigious publishing house Arcade Publishing (New York), Capital Punishment is a collection of fourteen essays that examines the entire spectrum of the subject of the death penalty: its methods of executions, its Southern regional phenomenon, its racism, its tortuous botched executions, and its impact on our society.]]></description>
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		<title>BOOK RELEASE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/03/13/book-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:
AN INDICTMENT BY A DEATH ROW SURVIVOR

By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd

I am happy to announce the release of another book by my good friends Billy and Jodie Sinclair entitled Capital Punishment: An Indictment by a Death Row Survivor, released by Arcade Publishing (New York). The book is a compelling collection of essays commenting on the death penalty from many different perspectives about this controversial and, in my opinion, most despicable, inhumane and arcane of punishments that continues to thrive in this so called modern world. ]]></description>
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		<title>ANDRE THOMAS: INSANE IN TEXAS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/02/11/andre-thomas-insane-in-texas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Executing the Insane: Past Witch Hunt; Current Shame

By Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Just after noon on December 9, 2008 a corrections officer assigned to Texas’ death row was making a normal security round in Building 10 when he observed what appeared to be blood on the face of condemned inmate Andre Thomas. The inmate told the officer he had pulled out his last good eye and eaten it. Prison doctors quickly determined the condemned inmate needed additional medical treatment. Security staff transported him to the East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. After Thomas received medical treatment, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Corrections transferred him to the Jester 4 Psychiatric Unit in Richmond where he remains as of this writing.]]></description>
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		<title>THE AFFAIR OF A JUDGE, DA, AND A KILLER</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/09/10/the-affair-of-a-judge-da-and-a-killer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By:  Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair

Would you want a Judge presiding over a criminal case against you sleeping with the District Attorney prosecuting that case?

Didn’t think so. Most people wouldn’t. You expect a Judge to be neutral, free of the slightest appearance of impropriety. You expect a District Attorney to be zealous, honest, and even-handed in the prosecution of criminal cases. Those general expectations – what the State Bar calls the rules of ethical conduct – are compromised when a District Attorney prosecutes a case before a Judge with whom the District Attorney is having a sexual liaison.

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		<title>TWO EXECUTIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/08/09/two-executions-with-international-implications/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/08/09/two-executions-with-international-implications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TWO EXECUTIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

By Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair

The State of Texas executed two foreign nationals during the week of August 5 and 7, 2008. Both men, Jose Ernesto Medellin and Heliberto Chi, were found guilty of committing brutal murders. There was little doubt about their guilt. Had they not been foreign nationals, their executions would have passed under the Texas execution radar basically unnoticed. This is a sad fact in this great state where executions have become all too common.]]></description>
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		<title>THE INEQUITY OF ONE DEATH, ONE LIFE; Inequities in the Application of the Death Penalty</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/08/05/the-inequity-of-one-death-one-life-inequities-in-the-application-of-the-death-penalty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE INEQUITY OF ONE DEATH, ONE LIFE; Inequities in the Application of the Death Penalty

By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair

On July 23, 2008 the State of Mississippi executed Dale Leo Bishop for his involvement in the beating death of 22-year-old Marcus James Gentry. The Bishop execution was significant only because he became the third person put to death in this country who did not actually kill the victim while the actual killer received life imprisonment.]]></description>
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