"Democracy Now! first covered Dr. Denkowksi in January 2010 in a video report by Renée Feltz that accompanied her story for The Texas Observer magazine. For an update, we’re joined by Texas Defender Service attorney, Kathryn Kase, and by Dr. Jerome Brown, the psychologist filed the complaint that ultimately resulted in Denkowksi’s agreement to stop evaluating people in criminal cases."
TEXAS STANDDOWN PROJECT;
LINK TO THE VIDEO:
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/21/dr_death_agrees_to_stop_evaluating
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The Texas Standdown project is directing readers to a video prepared for Texas Observer Magazine on "The Denkowski Sanction" presented by "Democracy Now."
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""'Dr. Death' Agrees to Stop Evaluating Mentally Disabled Texas Death Row Prisoners," is the Democracy Now segment, today. You can watch the video at the link," the April 13, 2011 Texas Standdown Project post begins.
"Last Friday, Texas reprimanded a psychologist who used what critics say were unscientific methods to examine at least 25 Texas death row prisoners for intellectual disabilities, two of whom were later executed," the post continues.
"Dr. George Denkowski was the go-to psychologist for prosecutors who wanted to prove defendants were not mentally handicapped—and therefore eligible for the death penalty. Democracy Now! first covered Dr. Denkowksi in January 2010 in a video report by Renée Feltz that accompanied her story for The Texas Observer magazine. For an update, we’re joined by Texas Defender Service attorney, Kathryn Kase, and by Dr. Jerome Brown, the psychologist filed the complaint that ultimately resulted in Denkowksi’s agreement to stop evaluating people in criminal cases.
The participants include:
Kathryn Kase, attorney with the Texas Defender Service. Dr. George Denkowski said her client, Daniel Plata, was eligible for execution but a judge later said the evaluation was full of "fatal errors" and commuted Plata’s death sentence to life.
Dr. Jerome Brown, a clinical psychologist who worked as an expert for the defense on five death penalty cases in which Denkowski worked for the prosecution. He filed the complaint that ultimately led Denkowksi to stop evaluating people in criminal cases.
Renee Feltz, new Democracy Now! producer. Her exposé of Dr. Denkowski for The Texas Observer magazine, supported by The Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, was a finalist for a 2010 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award."
The Texas Standdown Project post can be found at:
http://standdown.typepad.com/weblog/2011/04/democracy-now-on-the-denkowski-sanction.html
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
For a breakdown of some of the cases, issues and controversies this Blog is currently following, please turn to:
http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=120008354894645705&postID=8369513443994476774
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog; hlevy15@gmail.com;
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