A new published Eleventh Circuit opinion affirmed the denial of Nicholas Tate’s federal habeas petition, rejecting claims involving counsel, mitigation evidence, and prosecutorial theories at sentencing.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to delay a rare federal receivership over Arizona prison medical and mental health care, clearing the way for an outside receiver to assume authority on October 19 after 14 years of litigation.

GPS’s intelligence database places Arrendale and Pulaski at the top of Georgia’s prison-retaliation event counts. GDC policy, meanwhile, requires grievances, health complaints, disability accommodations, tracking logs, and management review that should leave an auditable trail.

Georgia’s own prison data shows 143 people serving life sentences were released in 2025, more than double the prior year. But the average person who got out had already spent 31.05 years behind bars.

Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital during Tennessee's failed execution attempt. Days later, she remained unconscious on a ventilator, the corrections commissioner had resigned, and the governor had halted the state's remaining 2026 executions.