Criminal Law

Warden on death penalty: "This is wrong"

Posted on June 29, 2008
Warden on death penalty: "This is wrong"By DARA KAMPalm Beach Post Capital BureauSaturday, June 28, 2008TALLAHASSEE ? Murderer Pedro Medina was strapped into "Old Sparky"shortly after midnight on March 25, 1997, at Florida State Prison.Warden Ron McAndrew stood nearby as a guard placed a wet sponge toconduct more than 2,000 volts of electricity onto Medina's shaved head...

Child killer Mark Dean Schwab faces execution Tuesday

Posted on June 29, 2008
Child killer Mark Dean Schwab faces execution Tuesday Sarah Lundy |Sentinel Staff Writer June 29, 2008 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-schwab2908jun29,0,3460938.story Child killer Mark Dean Schwab -- who kidnapped, raped and murdered 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez of Cocoa -- is set to die Tuesday by lethal injection...

Exhibit A - Filing to Florida Supreme Court in Mark Schwab

Posted on June 29, 2008
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Florida prepares for 1st execution since foul up

Posted on June 29, 2008
Florida prepares for 1st execution since foul up By RON WORD ? 39 minutes ago http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipkPe4h1Nkcs5or6Az7CpU_FzRmQD91JP7400 STARKE, Fla. (AP) ? Florida's new procedure for lethal injections could be tested Tuesday when executioners strap down a condemned inmate for the first time since a botched execution...

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Court denies Schwab's appeal

Posted on June 28, 2008
Court denies Schwab's appeal BY BILL COTTERELL ? FLORIDA TODAY ? June 27, 2008 function NewWindow(height,width,url) {window.open(url,"ShowProdWindow","menubars=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,height="+height+",width="+width); } TALLAHASSEE -- Mark Dean Schwab's legal alternatives are diminishing ahead of his Tuesday execution...

Florida Supreme Court denies Mark Schwab - USA today ....

Posted on June 28, 2008
06/27/2008 DISP-AFFIRMED We affirm the circuit court's order denying relief. No motion for rehearing will be entertained by the Court. The mandate shall issue immediately.

Florida Bishops: No to Death Penalty

Posted on June 28, 2008
Florida Bishops: No to Death Penalty 6/27/2008 http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=28396 Zenit News Agency (www.zenit.org) "Killing someone because they killed only perpetuates violence and coarsens the public?s attitude about the sanctity of life" TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Zenit) - Nine bishops of Florida sent a letter to Governor Charlie Crist urging him to stop executions in Florida, beginning with the scheduled execution of Mark Dean Schwab next week...

Florida Supreme Court order on motion to strike - Mark Schwab

Posted on June 28, 2008
06/27/2008 ORDER-STRIKE DY Appellee's Motion to Strike Exhibit is hereby denied. __._,_.___ p://jweb.flcourts.org/pls/docket/ds_docket?p_caseyear=2008&p_casenumber=1199

Florida Supreme Court order of briefing schedule in Mark Scwab

Posted on June 27, 2008
http://www.markschwab.us/legal/Filed_06-25-2008_Briefing_Schedule.txt http://www.markschwab.us/legal/Filed_06-25-2008_Briefing_Schedule.pdf ~uprtmt ((ourt of jflortba WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008 CASE NO.: SC08-1199 Lower Tribunal No(s).: 05-1991-CF-7249 AXXX MARK DEAN SCHWAB vs...

Notice of appeal - Mark Schwab

Posted on June 27, 2008
Signature: Peter J. Cannon Peter J. Cannon IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA http://www.markschwab.us/legal/Filed_06-25-2008_Notice_Appeal.txt http://www.markschwab.us/legal/Filed_06-25-2008_Notice_Appeal...

Obama's Draconian New Death Penalty Stance

Posted on June 27, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/rights/89573 Obama's Draconian New Death Penalty Stance By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. Posted June 27, 2008. In a reactionary political calculation, Barack Obama comes out in support of the death penalty for child rape. What a difference a general election makes...

Attorney General tells Florida Supreme Court executions need not be painless

Posted on June 27, 2008
Attorney General tells Florida Supreme Court executions need not be painless By Bill Cotterell ? Florida Capital Bureau Political Editor ? June 27, 2008 http://www.news-press.com:80/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS01/80627021/1002 function NewWindow(height,width,url) {window...

The State`s answerbrief in Mark Schwab

Posted on June 27, 2008
http://www.markschwab.us/legal/stateanswerbriefschwab.htm http://www.markschwab.us/legal/Filed_06-27-2008_Answer_Brief.pdf IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. SC08-1199 MARK DEAN SCHWAB, Appellant, v. Death Warrant Signed Execution Scheduled for July 1, 2008 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee...

MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT - Mark Schwab

Posted on June 27, 2008
http://www.markschwab.us/legal/motiontostrike.htm http://www.markschwab.us/legal/Filed_06-27-2008_Motion_Strike.pdf IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA MARK DEAN SCHWAB Appellant, Case No. SC08-1199 **DEATH WARRANT** STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee...

The exhibits filed in Schwab

Posted on June 27, 2008
http://www.markschwab.us/legal/Filed_06-26-2008_Initial_Brief_Appendix_A.pdf The exhibits filed in Schwab

Bishops to Gov. Crist, ?set a new standard of respect for life?

Posted on June 27, 2008
RELATED: Death penalty foe presses on Bishops to Gov. Crist, ?set a new standard of respect for life? DENISE O?TOOLE KELLY | FLORIDA CATHOLIC STAFF http://www.thefloridacatholic.org/rop/2008_rop/2008_roparticles/20080626_rop_schwab_execution.php Published: 06...

INITIAL BRIEF OF APPELLANT - Mark Schwab

Posted on June 27, 2008
http://www.markschwab.us/legal/inibriefexecution.htm http://www.markschwab.us/legal/Filed_06-26-2008_Initial_Brief.pdf IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 08-1199 MARK DEAN SCHWAB, Appellant, Death Warrant Signed Execution July 1, 2008 STATE OF FLORIDA Appellee...

Virginia Botches 100th Execution

Posted on June 27, 2008
Virginia Botches 100th ExecutionVirginia Abolitionists Ring the Toll Bell 100 Times in Protest By Dee Takeaways Virginia executes 100 th inmate Virginia correctional officers botched the execution It took 17 minuets to insert the IV A Virginia inmate, Robert Stacy Yarbrough was executed by the state of Virginia last night bringing the number of executions to 100...

Florida Bishops Urge Rethinking of Death Penalty

Posted on June 27, 2008
ZE08062603 - 2008-06-26 Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-23026?l=english Florida Bishops Urge Rethinking of Death Penaltyhttp://www.zenit.org/article-23026?l=english Ask Governor to Halt Execution of Child Murderer TALLAHASSEE, Florida, JUNE 26, 2008 (Zenit...

Judge: Chance of pain definite during Schwab execution

Posted on June 26, 2008
Judge: Chance of pain definite during Schwab execution BY JOHN A. TORRES FLORIDA TODAY Titusville Judge Charles Holcomb on Wednesday cleared the way for the execution next week of child rapist and murderer Mark Dean Schwab, who argued that a lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment...

MARK DEAN SCHWAB - SUCCESSIVE MOTION TO VACATE SENTENCE OR STAY EXECUTION

Posted on June 21, 2008
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, INAND FOR BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO. 91-7249-CF-ASTATE OF FLORIDA, CAPITAL CASEEXECUTION SCHEDULEDPlaintiff, JULY 1, 20086:00 P.M.v.MARK DEAN SCHWAB,Defendant______________________/SUCCESSIVE MOTION TO VACATE SENTENCE OR STAY EXECUTIONMark Dean Schwab, by undersigned counsel, files this motion to vacate hissentence of death pursuant to Fla...

Schwab's Attorneys File For Stay Of Execution

Posted on June 21, 2008
Lawyers Said Injection Would Cause 'Substantial Risk Of Serious Harm'TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- The man who would be first to die when Florida resumes prisoner executions has filed new court motions to try to avoid his date with death.Mark Dean Schwab?s execution is set for July 1...

Child killer challenges execution

Posted on June 21, 2008
Attorney: State method could cause painBY JOHN A. TORRES ? FLORIDA TODAY ? June 21, 2008Arguing that the state's revised execution protocol is not good enough and still may cause an inmate pain, attorneys for convicted child killer Mark Dean Schwab petitioned the court Friday to vacate his death sentence...

Burge orders change in lethal injection protocol

Posted on June 10, 2008
06/10/2008BREAKING NEWS: Burge orders change in lethal injection protocolELYRIA - Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge ordered thismorning that Ohio change the lethal injection protocol used toexecute condemned prisoners.The ruling comes after two days of testimony from anesthesiologistsand written arguments submitted in the case...

Condemned Man's Lawyers Claim 'Racism'

Posted on June 02, 2008
Posted: 8:42 AM May 31, 2008Reporter: Associated PressEmail Address: News@wctv.tvATLANTA (AP) A condemned man who blames racism by a defense attorney for sending him to death row is asking a parole board to commute his sentence.Jack Osborne's lawyers argued to the board today that his defense attorney, Johnny Mostiler, presented a flimsy defense because he was "infected by racism...

The last Briton in Guantanamo faces death penalty

Posted on May 30, 2008
The last Briton in Guantanamo faces death penalty----After being heldprisoner by the US for 6 years, inmate to be charged with terrorismoffences despite protesting his innocenceA British resident who is facing the death penalty in Guantanamo Bay hasmade a final desperate plea to Gordon Brown to end his 6-year ordeal andbring him home today...

Stop Missouri's Renegade Anesthesiologist From Executing Someone!

Posted on May 26, 2008
Support the Campaign "Stop Capital Punishment Now!" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 26, 2008 Stop Missouri's Renegade Anesthesiologist From Executing Someone! The State of Missouri has obtained a Board Certified anesthesiologist to implement its next execution of a human being, in gross violation of his most fundamental human rights under international law...

Missouri hires doctor for executions

Posted on May 26, 2008
Missouri hires doctor for executionsThe state of Missouri has added an anesthesiologist to its execution team,despite professional guidelines against doctors taking part in executions.The Kansas City Star reported Sunday the doctor's presence on the team wasrevealed in a federal court case brought by several death row inmatesconcerning the qualifications and training of Missouri's execution teammembers...

Sister?s change began with pen pal

Posted on May 26, 2008
Sister?s change began with pen pal BY DUSTIN TRACY Northwest Arkansas Times http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/65601/ Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 Email this story | Printer-friendly version One of the biggest changes in Sister Helen Prejean's life came in the form of a letter from an unlikely pen pal...

Anesthesiologist Joins Missouri's Execution Team

Posted on May 24, 2008
Anesthesiologist Joins Missouri's Execution Team Posted on: Friday, 23 May 2008, 18:00 CDT http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1400451/anesthesiologist_joins_missouris_execution_team/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Despite the medical profession's ethical guidelines against it, an anesthesiologist has joined the team that will carry out executions in Missouri...

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