Arkansas and its Plan to Execute Seven Men in 11 Days
April 14, 2017
Beginning the day after Easter, and continuing over the next 11 days, the state plans to kill seven men, four of whom are black, three white.
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Former Warden: “Their Risk of Trauma is Extremely High” in Arkansas Prison
April 14, 2017
The reaction has ranged from shock and horror to concern for the men and women who will be carrying out this mass execution.
Florida State Attorney Fights Back
April 14, 2017
Orlando State Attorney Aramis Ayala is fighting back against Gov. Rick Scott, who took 23 murder cases away from her department because of her stance on the death penalty.
Moore v. Texas May Spell the End of Ethnic Adjustment in Death Penalty Cases
April 14, 2017
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Moore v. Texas that found that state’s standards for determining intellectual disability in death penalty cases unconstitutional may mean that a practice by some prosecution experts of adding points to the IQ scores of some minority defendants is also unconstitutional.
Moore v. Texas May Spell the End of Ethnic Adjustment in Death Penalty Cases
April 14, 2017
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Moore v. Texas that found that state’s standards for determining intellectual disability in death penalty cases unconstitutional may mean that a practice by some prosecution experts of adding points to the IQ scores of some minority defendants is also unconstitutional.
In Brief: April 2016
April 14, 2017
We look at some of the more significant developments in death penalty debates around the country last month.
Voices: Thomas Lowenstein and “The Trials of Walter Ogrod”
April 14, 2017
For 16 years, Thomas Lowenstein has been following the case of Walter Ogrod, and has finally written a book about how he ended up on death row in spite of no real evidence of his guilt.
New report examines execution rates around the world
April 14, 2017
As more nations abandon capital punishment, Amnesty International’s 2016 report sheds light on the world’s remaining executioners and situates the US’s falling use in a global context.
Federal judge finds Scott Panetti unfit to be executed by Texas
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Scott Panetti, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia 35 years ago, was convicted of killing his wife’s parents in 1992 and sentenced to death in 1995 in
Death penalty states may have difficulty finding lethal injection medical equipment
September 27, 2023
The Intercept reports that four companies that manufacture medical equipment, including Baxter International Inc., B. Braun Medical Inc., Fresenius Kabi, and Johnson & Johnson, are
While we’re on the subject . . .
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“Under the Eighth Amendment, execution by nitrogen is surely unusual because it has never been used as a method of execution in this country or
In brief: September 2023
September 27, 2023
Alabama South Carolina In Tennessee, the only woman on the state’s death row is asking to have her death sentence vacated. Christa Pike was 18
Two men, both initially sentenced to death, are exonerated after serving decades
September 27, 2023
Two men, one in Oregon and the other in Oklahoma, both initially sentenced to death, who spent a combined 73 years in prison, have been
Sponsors put two major California criminal justice bills on hold until next year
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At least two moderate criminal justice reform bills stalled in the California legislature this month, a surprising development in a state perceived to be so
LA DA Gascón charges suspect in LA County sheriff’s deputy killing with murder
September 27, 2023
Almost immediately after being elected Los Angeles County District Attorney in 2020, George Gascón issued a “Death Penalty Policy” promising that his office would not
A man who spent 17 years on Oregon’s death row for a crime he didn’t commit is free
September 19, 2023
A man who spent 17 years on Oregon’s death row and 25 years in custody for a crime he didn’t commit was freed earlier this
Ohio legislators introduce a bipartisan bill to abolish the death penalty
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Because it doesn’t have access to lethal injection drugs, Ohio’s last execution was in 2018. And now, a group of bipartisan legislators has introduced a
