Capital Defense Weekly
Capital Defense Weekly is edited by Karl Keys, an attorney licensed in Massachusetts & New Jersey. Karl prepares this site for educational & information purposes. The weekly & related site were created pursuant to the ABA & the Courts’ recommendation concerning the provision of pro bono services, where possible, by learned counsel.
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Closing down
As previously noted we are closing down. Starting Labour Day weekend this site will automatically redirect to an archive of the website. Additionally, Karl will begin blogging, soon, under a pseudonym. In response to several emails asking to take over Weekly, I’m not sure yet of the final...
Where next?
As announced in the last edition, the weekly email edition is done. The archives will be stored in a new site with a “resurrection” of a project abandoned years ago, the “Toolbox,” which is a collection of guides and source materials on a wide variety of subjects, some of...
first edition of July
From this week’s intro: Leading off this edition is John Wayne Conner v. Hall from the Eleventh Circuit. As Tim Cone notes, here “[t]he district court had rejected Conner’s challenge to his execution on the grounds of mental retardation because it found that Conner had procedurally defaulted...
first look
Running really late, in part due to a large number of opinions. From the next edition: Relief granted Roy Phillip Ballard v. State, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 1521 (FL 6/30/2011) “[I]mposition of the death penalty in this case to be disproportionate. This Court has previously stated that CCP is one of...
Reason
In a long overdue post, the most recent edition of Reaon mag focuses on criminal justice issues. I’ve never understood the progressive-liberatarian schism on civil liberties issues liker why we let statists right and left dare speak for us on issues like marijuana reform, over incarceration,...
Congrats
Congrats to the new head of the NJ Public Defender’s Office, Joe Krakora – the former head of death penalty defense in that state. I am reminded of how lucky Kentucky’s DPA was when PD & capital litigation superstars Ernie Lewis and Ed Monahan were made, in succession, the...
Correction
This weeks edition improperly listed both Sutton v. Bell and Apanovitch v Bobby incorrectly as “wins.” Call it wishful thinking or a Freudian click or whatever, it was erroneous and will be cleaned up in the archives.This weeks edition improperly listed both Sutton v. Bell and...
Correction
This weeks edition improperly listed both Sutton v. Bell and Apanovitch v Bobby incorrectly as “wins.” Call it wishful thinking or a Freudian click or whatever, it was erroneous and will be cleaned up in the archives.This weeks edition improperly listed both Sutton v. Bell and...
rough draft
The rough draft of the next edition is here.The rough draft of the next edition is here.
back
The first look at the next, trial delayed, edition. Still working through the various SCOTUS developments and a case from California. SCOTUS Balentine v. Texas, No. 10-11036 (10A1226) (6/15/2011) Stay granted pending disposition of a cert petition. Lee Andrew Taylor v. Texas, No. 10-11056 (10A1236)...