2 Men Executed for Alabama, Florida Killings

Supreme Court Allows 2 Executions in Alabama, Florida

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 10 denied stays of execution in two capital cases, rulings that allowed the condemned men to be executed within minutes of each other later the same day. The court’s unsigned orders covered the cases of Gregory Hunt of Alabama and Anthony Wainwright of Florida. The court did not explain its rulings. No justices dissented. Hunt was executed at 6:26 p.m. local time at a south Alabama prison, becoming the sixth person…

Anthony Wainwright, Executed June 10 in Florida, Lost Federal Appeals Due to Lawyers’ Mistakes and Indifference and Was Denied Counsel of His Choice | Death Penalty Information Center

When a lawyer makes a mis­take, who suf­fers the con­se­quences? The ​“agency prin­ci­ple” says the client does, under the ratio­nale that clients choose their lawyers and autho­rize their actions. But courts uni­ver­sal­ly apply this prin­ci­ple to all attor­ney-client rela­tion­ships, includ­ing when indi­gent, iso­lat­ed death-sen­tenced pris­on­ers are appoint­ed attor­neys by the state, with lit­tle or no means of con­trol­ling their lawyer…

2 men executed for Alabama, Florida killings

STARKE, Fla. -- A man convicted of raping and killing a woman three decades ago after kidnapping her from a supermarket parking lot was executed Tuesday in Florida.