Robert Dunham
@rdunhamdp.bsky.social
Director, Death Penalty Policy Project; Special Counsel, Phillips Black, Inc.; Adjunct, Temple Univ. Beasley School of Law. Former Exec. Dir., Death Penalty Info. Center, PA Capital Case Resource Center. B.A., Univ. of Pennsylvania; J.D., Georgetown Law
Statement from defense counsel — Court Schedules October 16 Execution for Robert Roberson, Innocent Man Convicted in Texas “Shaken Baby” Case. docs.google.com/document/d/1... @texasdefender.bsky.social @wtiusa.bsky.social @innocenceproject.bsky.social @cifsjustice.org #deathpenalty
July 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Statement from defense counsel — Court Schedules October 16 Execution for Robert Roberson, Innocent Man Convicted in Texas “Shaken Baby” Case. docs.google.com/document/d/1... @texasdefender.bsky.social @wtiusa.bsky.social @innocenceproject.bsky.social @cifsjustice.org #deathpenalty
The Court also denied relief to Toney Davis in a successive post-conviction proceeding that had raised issues based upon newly obtained microscopic slides from the autopsy that challenged the listed cause of death. supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/down... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
July 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Court also denied relief to Toney Davis in a successive post-conviction proceeding that had raised issues based upon newly obtained microscopic slides from the autopsy that challenged the listed cause of death. supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/down... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
Donald Williams was resentenced to death after an initial nonunanimous 9-3 death sentence. At resentencing, he waived both a jury and the presentation of mitigating evidence. The court upheld his sentence. supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/down... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
July 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Donald Williams was resentenced to death after an initial nonunanimous 9-3 death sentence. At resentencing, he waived both a jury and the presentation of mitigating evidence. The court upheld his sentence. supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/down... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
Timothy Fletcher was originally sentenced to death despite a nonunanimous 8-4 jury vote. In his resentencing, the new jury found no mitigating circumstances and the judge imposed death. The court affirmed. supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/down... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
July 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Timothy Fletcher was originally sentenced to death despite a nonunanimous 8-4 jury vote. In his resentencing, the new jury found no mitigating circumstances and the judge imposed death. The court affirmed. supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/down... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
The Florida Supreme Court has issued opinions affirming the convictions and sentences of three death-row prisoners. supremecourt.flcourts.gov/Opinions/Mos... @fadp.bsky.social #TimothyFletcher #DonaldWilliams #ToneyDavis #deathpenalty
July 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Florida Supreme Court has issued opinions affirming the convictions and sentences of three death-row prisoners. supremecourt.flcourts.gov/Opinions/Mos... @fadp.bsky.social #TimothyFletcher #DonaldWilliams #ToneyDavis #deathpenalty
Florida has executed Michael Bell. Death was pronounced at 6:25 p.m. Eastern. He was the 26th execution in 2025. 25 of those executions have been in jurisdictions that, as states or territories, practiced slavery. @fadp.bsky.social #deathpenalty
July 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Florida has executed Michael Bell. Death was pronounced at 6:25 p.m. Eastern. He was the 26th execution in 2025. 25 of those executions have been in jurisdictions that, as states or territories, practiced slavery. @fadp.bsky.social #deathpenalty
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Michael Bell's petitions for review and applications to stay tonight's execution in Florida.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Michael Bell's petitions for review and applications to stay tonight's execution in Florida.
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Mr. Bell’s lawyers filed this application for stay of execution in connection with their petition to review his case. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #MichaelBell #deathpenalty
July 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mr. Bell’s lawyers filed this application for stay of execution in connection with their petition to review his case. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #MichaelBell #deathpenalty
His petition for writ of certiorari asks SCOTUS to review the Florida federal court’s refusal to consider new evidence that prosecutors had wrongfully withheld in his case. Here’s a link to the petition. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
@fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #deathpenalty
@fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #deathpenalty
July 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
His petition for writ of certiorari asks SCOTUS to review the Florida federal court’s refusal to consider new evidence that prosecutors had wrongfully withheld in his case. Here’s a link to the petition. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
@fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #deathpenalty
@fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #deathpenalty
Yesterday, Michael Bell’s lawyers filed a second petition asking SCOTUS to stay today’s scheduled execution to review his case. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
@fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
@fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
July 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Yesterday, Michael Bell’s lawyers filed a second petition asking SCOTUS to stay today’s scheduled execution to review his case. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
@fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
@fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
The Florida Attorney General’s office filed its brief in opposition to a stay of execution under a separate docket number. Here’s that filing. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #SCOTUS #deathpenalty
July 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Florida Attorney General’s office filed its brief in opposition to a stay of execution under a separate docket number. Here’s that filing. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #SCOTUS #deathpenalty
Yesterday, Florida prosecutors filed this brief in opposition to his pleadings. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #SCOTUS #deathpenalty
July 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Yesterday, Florida prosecutors filed this brief in opposition to his pleadings. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #SCOTUS #deathpenalty
Mr. Bell’s cert petition presents the following question regarding the state court’s denial of his claim that his conviction and sentence were the product of official misconduct. @fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #SCOTUS #Florida #deathpenalty
July 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Mr. Bell’s cert petition presents the following question regarding the state court’s denial of his claim that his conviction and sentence were the product of official misconduct. @fadp.bsky.social #MichaelBell #SCOTUS #Florida #deathpenalty
On July 10, Michael Bell’s lawyers filed this petition in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the Court to review his case. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
July 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
On July 10, Michael Bell’s lawyers filed this petition in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the Court to review his case. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
Here is an update on the status of Michael Bell’s filings in the U.S. Supreme Court in advance of tomorrow’s scheduled execution. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
July 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Here is an update on the status of Michael Bell’s filings in the U.S. Supreme Court in advance of tomorrow’s scheduled execution. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?... @fadp.bsky.social #Florida #deathpenalty
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the denial of habeas corpus relief for Arizona death-row prisoner Tracy Hampton. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op... @azdeathpenalty.bsky.social #deathpenalty
July 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the denial of habeas corpus relief for Arizona death-row prisoner Tracy Hampton. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op... @azdeathpenalty.bsky.social #deathpenalty
A split panel of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia Circuit has put the death penalty back on the table in the Guantanamo 9/11 trial, upholding then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's revocation of the GTMO plea deals. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc... @gitmowatch.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A split panel of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia Circuit has put the death penalty back on the table in the Guantanamo 9/11 trial, upholding then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's revocation of the GTMO plea deals. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc... @gitmowatch.bsky.social
The U.S. has now reached 50 death warrants setting execution dates for 2025. 25 have been carried out and 9 are currently pending. Here is the state-by-state status of those warrants. @assoecpm.bsky.social @amnesty.org @8thamendment.org @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social #deathpenalty
July 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The U.S. has now reached 50 death warrants setting execution dates for 2025. 25 have been carried out and 9 are currently pending. Here is the state-by-state status of those warrants. @assoecpm.bsky.social @amnesty.org @8thamendment.org @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social #deathpenalty
Here is the current U.S. death warrant breakdown by month. We have been seeing around 60-65 death warrants per year over the past decade, so we can expect another 10-15 warrants to be issued in addition to the 9 that are currently pending. @8thamendment.org @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Here is the current U.S. death warrant breakdown by month. We have been seeing around 60-65 death warrants per year over the past decade, so we can expect another 10-15 warrants to be issued in addition to the 9 that are currently pending. @8thamendment.org @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social
Governor Mike DeWine issued reprieves for the two remaining 2025 death warrants in Ohio, rescheduling those executions for 2028. So Ohio will officially have no executions this year. @assoecpm.bsky.social @amnesty.org @8thamendment.org @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social #deathpenalty
July 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Governor Mike DeWine issued reprieves for the two remaining 2025 death warrants in Ohio, rescheduling those executions for 2028. So Ohio will officially have no executions this year. @assoecpm.bsky.social @amnesty.org @8thamendment.org @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social #deathpenalty
With the new Alabama and Florida death warrants, here is the current schedule of executions in the U.S. through September.
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@assoecpm.bsky.social @amnesty.org @8thamendment.org @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social #deathpenalty
July 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
With the new Alabama and Florida death warrants, here is the current schedule of executions in the U.S. through September.
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@assoecpm.bsky.social @amnesty.org @8thamendment.org @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social #deathpenalty
Florida Supreme Court upholds death penalty for Scottie Allen, who represented himself at trial and presented no evidence or argument to spare his life. acis-api.flcourts.gov/courts/68f02... @fadp.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Florida Supreme Court upholds death penalty for Scottie Allen, who represented himself at trial and presented no evidence or argument to spare his life. acis-api.flcourts.gov/courts/68f02... @fadp.bsky.social
Nearly all capital prosecutions for non-lethal sex crimes were in former slave states. Nearly 90% of the defendants in those cases were black. So this should be no surprise: Dimeco Henderson is black and he is being capitally prosecuted in Florida. @fadp.bsky.social @legaldefensefund.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nearly all capital prosecutions for non-lethal sex crimes were in former slave states. Nearly 90% of the defendants in those cases were black. So this should be no surprise: Dimeco Henderson is black and he is being capitally prosecuted in Florida. @fadp.bsky.social @legaldefensefund.bsky.social
Thank you to @justadcohen.bsky.social and the Marshall Project for including the Death Penalty Policy Project substack post on Pennsylvania's history of wrongful executions in this morning's Opening Statement. You can read our story here: dppolicy.substack.com/p/the-death-...
July 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thank you to @justadcohen.bsky.social and the Marshall Project for including the Death Penalty Policy Project substack post on Pennsylvania's history of wrongful executions in this morning's Opening Statement. You can read our story here: dppolicy.substack.com/p/the-death-...
In an unpublished per curiam opinion the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the district court's denial of Florida death-row prisoner Thomas Overton's habeas corpus petition. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/unp... @fadp.bsky.social #deathpenalty
July 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In an unpublished per curiam opinion the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the district court's denial of Florida death-row prisoner Thomas Overton's habeas corpus petition. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/unp... @fadp.bsky.social #deathpenalty