DPF welcomes new Executive Director Magdaleno Rose-Avila
June 7, 2018
The DPF Board of Directors announced this week that longtime social and criminal justice advocate Magdaleno Rose-Avila has been appointed to the position of Executive
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Texas hight court upholds Bobby James Moore’s death sentence
June 7, 2018
Bobby James Moore will not be leaving Texas’ death row any time soon. On Wednesday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Moore is
CA Supreme Court overturns death sentence of intellectually disabled man
June 7, 2018
When the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled to overturn the death sentence of Robert Lewis Jr. late last month finding “substantial evidence” that he is
The “outrageous” case of Kevin Cooper
June 7, 2018
“In 34 years at the New York Times, I’ve never come across a case in America as outrageous as Kevin Cooper’s,” Nicholas Kristof wrote in
CDCR’s lethal injection protocol successfully challenged
June 7, 2018
The ACLU of Northern California won a round in court late last month when a Marin County Superior Court judge ruled that its challenge to
In brief: June 2018
June 7, 2018
In Texas, a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel said yesterday it will consider parts of an appeal that lawyers for death row prisoner Andre
While we’re on the subject. . .
June 7, 2018
Scott Turow notes that “Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner seems to be one of the few people in Illinois who misses the death penalty” in an
Alabama executes Casey McWhorter by lethal injection; state SC gives the go-ahead to use nitrogen gas in future executions
November 20, 2023
Alabama executed Casey McWhorter earlier this month. He was convicted and sentenced to die in 1994 for the robbery and murder of Edward Lee Williams
While we’re on the subject. . .
November 20, 2023
“Whether you support capital punishment or oppose it, one thing is clear. Oklahoma’s system is so fundamentally flawed that we cannot know that someone who
In brief: November 2023
November 20, 2023
In South Carolina, executions are on hold until at least February, when the supreme court will hold a hearing over a lawsuit filed by four
Pennsylvania repeal bill moves forward; Ohio holds a second hearing on its abolition bill
November 20, 2023
Late last month, Pennsylvania House Bill 999 to repeal the death penalty passed out of the Judiciary Committee on a vote of 15-10. It was
Texas executed two men within one week
November 20, 2023
Texas killed 53-year-old Brent Ray Brewer by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville on November 9. And one week later, on November 16,
Texas killed Brent Ray Brewer last week, plans another execution this week
November 13, 2023
Texas killed 53-year-old Brent Ray Brewer by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville last week. Brewer was executed for the April 1990 death
Gallup Poll: Record low number of Americans think death penalty is fair
November 9, 2023
Gallup released a poll this week that found that for the first time since 2000 when it began asking whether respondents believed the death penalty
Alabama SC gives the state the go-ahead to kill with nitrogen gas
November 6, 2023
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that the state attorney general can proceed with his plan to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas,
Death penalty bill for child rapists goes into effect in Florida
October 26, 2023
In Florida, a new law that would allow a person convicted of the rape of a minor to be sentenced to death went into effect
