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Executions and Death Sentences Drop to Historic Lows in 2020, even as Federal Government Ramps Up Executions

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(Washington, D.C.) In a year unlike any other that featured the combination of court shutdowns from the worst pandemic in more than a century, a national reawakening on racial justice issues, and historically aberrant behavior by the federal government, executions and death sentences in the United States fell to historic lows. The deep decline in… Read More →

Justice 360 Client’s Death Sentence Reversed Because Hearing-Impaired Juror could not Hear Testimony

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Last week a Federal District Court Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks vacated the death sentence of former Justice 360 client James Nathaniel Bryant, who is represented by Chair of Justice 360’s Board Betsy Franklin-Best and was previously represented by other current and former Justice 360 staff members (including Lindsey Vann and Diana Holt). Bryant’s post-conviction petition… Read More →

One Day, Two Victories for Justice 360

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Justice 360 is excited to announce that last week our attorneys won relief for two of their clients. Johnny Bennett will receive a new sentencing hearing and William Bell’s death sentence has been vacated because he is ineligible for the death penalty. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that racist comments made by the… Read More →

Update on Senate Bill 553

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We are pleased to announce that S. 553 was polled out of committee on 3/3/16 with a Minority Report attached; meaning that for this year, the Lethal Injection Secrecy bill will progress no further in the South Carolina Senate. Thank you to all advocates who contributed to continued transparency and accountability at the Department of… Read More →