The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed an intellectual-disability ruling and directed reinstatement of Michael Woolf’s death sentence while affirming denial of his cross-appeal.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Logan Williams’s child-sex convictions and rejected challenges involving digital evidence, expert testimony, and disclosure.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed rejection of James McGowan’s Rule 32 petition, including his claim that intellectual disability bars his execution under Atkins.
The Indiana Court of Appeals held that a 2023 amendment stopping parole credit during incarceration could not be applied to a murder committed in 1995, making the later parole revocation unlawful.
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