Federal court hears appeal over Del. court secrecy

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: delaware, delaware coalition for open government, legal news, maryland, Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

A federal appeals court is weighing the constitutionality of a Delaware law allowing chancery judges to oversee secret arbitration in high-stakes business disputes. A three-judge panel of the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by the Delaware Coalition for Open Government, or DelCOG, which claims the law is [...]

Delaware killer put to death after waiving appeals

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 20, 2012
Tags: death penalty, delaware, gurney, lethal injection, mentally incompetent, Shannon Johnson, Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, u.s. district court chief judge gregory sleet, u.s. supreme court

SMYRNA, Del. — A convicted Delaware killer who waived his right to further appeals and sought to speed his execution was put to death by lethal injection early Friday after a flurry of court filings spurred by federal public defenders seeking to spare his life. Shannon Johnson was pronounced dead at 2:55 a.m., just minutes [...]

Appeals court overturns stay of execution in Delaware

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 19, 2012
Tags: delaware, dover, execution, Shannon Johnson, Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

DOVER, Del. — A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s decision that had put a scheduled Friday execution in Delaware on hold. Thursday’s decision by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia came just hours before the scheduled execution of Shannon Johnson, which was to take place shortly after midnight. A federal [...]