The timing of Owen’s team filing his final claims for relief highlights the pressures involved in and the extremely difficult timing of death warrant litigation.
Have all the 4 inmates who have received death warrants recently applied for Executive Clemency? If not, then that should be mandatory so the inmate's counsel knows that a possible warrant is imminent. Maybe a 45 day death warrant period would be more suitable for counsel for the inmate and the state as well as the courts.
I know for sure Darryl Barwick had applied for executive clemency, and that process was the focus of his final federal claims--which were denied just before his execution. The death warrant served as the clemency board's decision according to a news article:
Barwick had a clemency interview in 2021, and an attorney subsequently submitted an application to commute the death sentence, according to a document filed last week in federal court. The document said DeSantis, in signing the death warrant this month, denied clemency.
Have all the 4 inmates who have received death warrants recently applied for Executive Clemency? If not, then that should be mandatory so the inmate's counsel knows that a possible warrant is imminent. Maybe a 45 day death warrant period would be more suitable for counsel for the inmate and the state as well as the courts.
I know for sure Darryl Barwick had applied for executive clemency, and that process was the focus of his final federal claims--which were denied just before his execution. The death warrant served as the clemency board's decision according to a news article:
Barwick had a clemency interview in 2021, and an attorney subsequently submitted an application to commute the death sentence, according to a document filed last week in federal court. The document said DeSantis, in signing the death warrant this month, denied clemency.
https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/crime_and_courts/judge-denies-stay-in-barwick-execution-in-florida/article_e90ebe1f-566b-55fb-91fc-909f84b68548.html