On November 9, 2022, the State of Texas executed 61-year-old Tracy Lane Beatty. He was the 577th person put to death by lethal injection in this State since 1982. Scores of these individuals were executed despite highly credible evidence of…
Category: Capital Crimes
Dec.17
2020
2020
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Capital Crimes | Death Penalty
A capital felony is the most severe felony you can face in Texas. While carrying out death sentences has actually decreased in recent years, the federal government under the Trump administration, led by outgoing Attorney General William Barr, has accelerated…
Nov.28
2020
2020
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Capital Crimes | Corruption | Death Penalty
For nearly a hundred years, Mitchell Palmer was considered one of the worst U.S. Attorney Generals in American history. He was appointed and confirmed as A.G. in March 1919. The author of the nation’s first Red Scare, Palmer’s nearly two-year…
Apr.04
2019
2019
The U.S. Supreme Court’s website speak these words about the Court’s commitment to “justice”:
“‘EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW’- These words, written above the main entrance to the Supreme Court Building, express the ultimate responsibility of the Supreme Court of…
Feb.21
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Appeals | Capital Crimes | Criminal Justice Reform
Robert Jennings was 31 years old when he entered a Houston adult book store on July 20, 1988 with the intent to rob it. He had already established an extensive criminal history, including some violent crimes. What Jennings didn’t anticipate…
Jan.24
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Capital Crimes | Treason
What do you think of when you hear the words “capital crime”?
Most people in the Lone Star State probably think murder. After all, capital charges are reserved for only the most serious of offenses.
However, there are…
Dec.02
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Appeals | Capital Crimes
The capital murder case of Roberto Moreno Ramos is extraordinary—not because of the crime that sent him to his death on November 14, 2018 in hands Texas death chamber but rather because of the international attention his case attracted.
…
May30
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Capital Crimes | Constitutional Law
Death penalty trials, beyond a doubt, are the most difficult for a criminal defense attorney to try. These trials are conducted in two phases: the guilt phase and the punishment phase. Once guilt has been found by the jury during…
Mar.12
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Capital Crimes
Some court decisions are well-reasoned; others are downright dumb. Then there are those decisions that fall into the heartless category.
In macabre detail, the Eighth Circuit issued a March 6, 2018 decision in Bucklew v. Precythe that falls into…
Mar.05
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Capital Crimes | Murder
Kent Whitaker—an extraordinary man and an exceptional father. A person could travel this wretched globe ten times over and could count the number of Kent Whitakers he would find on one hand.
On December 10, 2003, Kent Whitaker’s eldest…
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