Opinion: Fatal Police Shooting of a Civilian in Marion Raises Questions on Police Conduct and Transparency The Incident and the Investigation On December 4, 2021, a police officer in Marion, [state], shot and killed [victim’s name] during a traffic stop. The officer claimed that [victim’s name] was armed and posed a threat, but no weapon […] More
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Texas Man Scheduled to be Executed Despite Claims of Innocence and Push for DNA Testing Background Ruben Gutierrez, a 47-year-old man from Texas, has been on death row for the past 23 years. He was convicted in the fatal stabbing of Escolastica Harrison, an 85-year-old woman, at her home in Brownsville, Texas in 1998. His […] More
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Texas man facing execution for 1998 killing of elderly woman for her money Ruben Gutierrez is scheduled to be executed in Texas for the murder of 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison in 1998. The victim was a mobile home park manager and retired teacher who was killed in her Brownsville home in an attempted robbery. Prosecutors said […] More
How Racism and Prosecutorial Misconduct Put Innocent Men on Death Row in Alameda County Background In 1995, Ernest Dykes was sentenced to death for the killing of a 9-year-old boy in Oakland, California. More than two decades later, his death sentence has been overturned, and he is set to be released next year. Today, Dykes […] More
Texas Man Scheduled to Be Executed Despite Longstanding Requests for DNA Testing The Crime Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas man, was sentenced to the death penalty in 1998 for the killing of 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison. Harrison was a retired teacher and manager of a mobile home park in Brownsville, Texas. Prosecutors contended that Gutierrez killed Harrison […] More
Louisiana Man Pleads Not Guilty in Loranger Murder Case On Monday, Daniel Callihan, a man indicted federally and in two states in connection with the murder of a Loranger mother and her child, pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and second-degree kidnapping. Callihan was in court in Tangipahoa Parish for an […] More
The Young Slime Life RICO Gang Case: Challenges that the Fulton County Superior Judge will face Introduction The Young Slime Life RICO gang case has become the longest trial in the history of the state, and many lawyers and former judges claim that it has entered uncharted waters. The recusal of Chief Judge Ural Glanville […] More
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Clearlake Woman Charged with First-Degree Murder for Fatal Shooting On July 10, 2023, Dominique Irene Molina-Dominguez was taken into custody by authorities for fatally shooting 38-year-old DeAndre Grinner at her home on 16th Street in Clearlake, California. Molina-Dominguez had been lying in wait for Grinner, for whom the authorities believe she may have had a […] More
Opinion: Resentencing of Death Row Inmates in California Overview Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price has filed motions requesting resentencing hearings for three men on death row in California. This move comes after an ongoing review of death penalty cases, where the District Attorney’s office was accused of unlawfully excluding Black and Jewish jurors from […] More
The Dismissal of Alec Baldwin’s Criminal Charges and the Role of Prosecutors Last week’s dismissal of Alec Baldwin’s criminal charges related to the tragic “Rust” movie shooting has raised concerns around the nuances of case-building and the role of prosecutors. Several legal experts have pointed out that the case is a “glaring example” of the […] More
Riverside County Death Penalty Murder Trial Begins Riverside County jurors have begun hearing testimony in a death penalty murder case that spans over two decades. Terry Cheek, aged 32, was allegedly strangled to death in April 1998, while leaving her home in Jurupa Valley for the night shift at work in San Juan Capistrano. Her […] More
Harris County to seek death penalty in Fernando Esqueda murder case Background Harris County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Dremone Francis, the second suspect charged in the murder of Deputy Fernando Esqueda. Court records reveal that Francis is the neighbor of the first suspect, Ronald “Ronnie” Palmer Jr., who is charged with capital […] More