Special counsel @PhillipsBlackPr; Director, DP Policy Project; adjunct prof. @TempleLaw. B.A. @Penn; J.D. @GeorgetownLaw. Formerly @DPInfoCtr Exec. Dir.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Alabama’s emergency application to vacate the injunction barring the state from executing Jeffery Lee by gas suffocation. There will be no execution tonight. supremecourt.gov/orders/cour… @uscedp @PHADP @arnoldporter @steve_vladeck @atscommunity
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Alabama Fails in Supreme Court’s Newest Emergency Docket Test. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law… @BLaw @JustinFWise @uscedp @steve_vladeck @PHADP @arnoldporter #JefferyLee #deathpenalty
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A Court Found Conditions at Louisiana’s Prison Farm Unconstitutional. It Let Them Continue Anyway. theappeal.org/angola-farm-li… @theappeal @elizabethweill @JusticesPromise @LaRepeal @DavidCFathi @UNHumanRights @amnesty @hrw @UN_SPExperts
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Two weeks ago, the Nebraska Supreme Court also denied a second challenge Torres had filed seeking to overturn his death sentence. journalstar.com/news/local/c… @JournalStarNews @LJSpilger @N_A_D_P @uscedp #MarcoTorres #deathpenalty
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A Nebraska federal district court has denied relief to Marco Torres and dismissed his habeas corpus challenge to his conviction and death sentence. @N_A_D_P @uscedp #deathpenalty
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A Nebraska federal district court has denied relief to Marco Torres and dismissed his habeas corpus challenge to his conviction and death sentence. @N_A_D_P @uscedp #deathpenalty
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US legal showdown looms over ‘heinous’ nitrogen gas after supreme court blocks execution. theguardian.com/us-news/2026… @guardian @bellwak @uscedp @PHADP #Alabama #JefferyLee #deathpenalty
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall last night called the Supreme Court’s refusal to lift the injunction against executing Jeffery Lee by nitrogen suffocation a “miscarriage of justice,” saying he was “keeping ... in mind” the victims’ families. alabamaag.gov/attorney-gener… 1/5
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Example 2, Joe Nathan James, Jr. — Mr. Marshall lauded the execution, accusing James of “shocking cowardice and callousness” for supposedly blaming Faith Hall for her murder. alabamaag.gov/attorney-gener… Ms. Hall’s family strenuously opposed the execution. eji.org/news/joe-james-alaba… 4/5
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From.@aldotcom — Alabama can’t execute Jeffery Lee by nitrogen; Thursday execution called off. al.com/news/2026/06/live-upd… @IvanaSuzette @uscedp @PHADP @ACLUAlabama #deathpenalty
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Supreme Court denies Alabama’s attempt to execute Jeffery Lee by nitrogen gas. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sup… @NBCNews @erikjhortiz @_abigailbrooks @uscedp @PHADP #deathpenalty
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Supreme Court Blocks Alabama From Executing Prisoner Using Nitrogen Gas. nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/su… @nytimes @RaR @AbbieVanSickle @uscedp @PHADP #JefferyLee #deathpenalty
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Local coverage of SCOTUS ruling on gas suffocation — Supreme Court denies Alabama's request to execute Jeffery Lee with gas. montgomeryadvertiser.com/sto… @MGMAdvertiser @sarahgclifton @uscedp @PHADP #deathpenalty
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Supreme Court rejects Alabama's request to let it kill Jeffery Lee with nitrogen gas this week. lawdork.com/p/scotus-alabama… @lawdorknews @chrisgeidner @uscedp @arnoldporter @PHADP @steve_vladeck @TL4Justice #SCOTUS #deathpenalty
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Supreme Court nixes Alabama request for nitrogen execution, which lower court ruled unconstitutional. apnews.com/article/execution… @AP @StatehouseKim @uscedp @PHADP #JefferyLee #deathpenalty
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The Thirteenth Amendment prohibits slavery, except “as a punishment for crime.” But people in U.S. immigration detention haven’t been convicted of anything—and are still being forced to work for nothing. ballsandstrikes.org/law-poli… @ballsstrikes @AudreLawdAMercy @UNHumanRights
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Here is a link to the Florida Supreme Court denying post-conviction relief to Michael Woodbury. flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/… @FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg @uscedp
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From @FLDeathPenalty — Florida Supreme Court affirms denial of postconviction relief for Michael Woodbury. fladeathpenalty.substack.com… @MelVerdeciaEsq @FADPorg @uscedp #deathpenalty
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The Florida Supreme Court denied Michael Woodbury’s claim that the prosecution withheld exculpatory evidence, saying that the disclosure requirement applies only to evidence that “was unavailable to the defense.”... @FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg @fjp_org @DeathPenaltyRep #deathpenalty
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That interpretation of the prosecution’s disclosure obligations flies in the face of the clear statement by SCOTUS that “A rule thus declaring ‘prosecutor may hide, defendant must seek,’ is not tenable in a system constitutionally bound to accord defendants due process.” @uscedp
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