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Laura Burstein

@lauraburstein1

Communications professional dedicated to criminal justice reform

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calendar_today18-05-2012 01:53:53

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Atty Stmt re: tonight’s nitrogen gas execution of #JessieHoffman: “He was a father, a husband, and a man who showed extraordinary capacity for redemption.” Four #SCOTUS justices would have supported a stay. Read more here: tinyurl.com/dd5ta45p

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Tennessee has paid $600,000 for lethal injection drugs, but specific details remain secret tennessean.com/story/news/cri… via @tennessean

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Atty Stmt: Okla schedules June execution for #JohnHanson despite decades of peaceful incarceration in federal prison. Read more here: tinyurl.com/ph4786dw

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JUST IN: TN death row attorneys, faith leaders, anti-violence advocates ask Gov. Bill Lee to halt executions until 2026 while courts assess the constitutionality of state’s new lethal injection protocol. Read more here: tinyurl.com/37tx5wsm

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VIDEO PRESS CONFERENCE: Attorneys, faith leaders, and anti-violence advocates ask Gov. Bill Lee to halt executions while courts assess TN’s problematic lethal injection protocol. Watch here: youtube.com/live/d0xRne941…

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Podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out was just nominated for the #PeabodyAward for “Watching the Dallas Cowboys on Death Row” with Charles Flores, an innocent man on Texas’s death row in the “hypnotized witness” case. Listen to podcast here: youtu.be/JUm2YgmBG1o?si…

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Attys for #JohnHanson have just filed a clemency petition ahead of his June 12 scheduled execution in Okla presenting a troubling case of Autism, legal irregularities, sentencing disparity with a more culpable co-defendant, and rehabilitation. More here: tinyurl.com/yc7cwyz3

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Instead of funding executions, Tennessee should support victims of violence | Opinion tennessean.com/story/opinion/… via @tennessean

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New Filing: TN death row prisoners ask court to reject state’s motion that would keep secret info about its lethal injection chemicals and the qualifications of executioners. Execution scheduled for next Thursday. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mr39xf69

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New Filing In "Hypnotized Witness" Death Row Innocence Case: Charles Flores Asks TX Court Not to Set Execution Date. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4ftctde3

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Attorney Statement: Despite serious concerns about illegally sourced lethal injection chemicals and ongoing litigation, Gov. Bill Lee denies execution reprieve for #OscarSmith. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4273mydt

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Attorney Statement re: execution of #OscarSmith: “Our State should stop poisoning people to death in this cruel manner." Read more here: tinyurl.com/2t9r263r

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Attorney Statement: #JohnHanson, scheduled to be executed June 12, files lawsuit against Okla Pardon and Parole Board alleging biased board member in clemency hearing. Seeks stay of execution while court considers claims. More here: tinyurl.com/y2hm4wd5

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New Filings: Today, #CharlesFlores, on TX death row, asks court to grant new trial in “hypnotized witness” innocence case. Filings include new affidavits supporting claims of actual innocence. Read more here: tinyurl.com/rmefvku8

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Attorney Stmt: OCCA vacates #JohnHanson’s stay of execution despite allegations of bias in clemency hearing. Hanson is scheduled for execution tomorrow even though more culpable co-defendant is serving life. More here: tinyurl.com/3p8ksfc8

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BRKG ATTY STMT:“There was no need for Oklahoma to execute John Hanson. He would have lived the rest of his life in federal prison, costing the state nothing and posing no danger to anyone. Today, Oklahoma carried out an act of pointless cruelty.”More here: tinyurl.com/y9nyc7s5

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BRKG ATTY STMT: Attorneys file an objection to TX AG’s request to schedule an execution date for #RobertRoberson, an innocent man wrongfully convicted of causing the tragic death of his chronically ill daughter. More here: tinyurl.com/ykchznfb

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New Filing: #ByronBlack asks TN Supreme Court to order lower court to consider whether he is incompetent to be executed. Execution set for August 5 despite Black’s intellectual disability, dementia, and brain damage. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4x7skp2b

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BREAKING ATTY STMT: SCOTUS rules 6-3 that TX death row prisoner #RubenGutierrez has standing to challenge the constitutionality of Texas post-conviction DNA statute. Read more here: tinyurl.com/37h396xc