In brief: March 2019
March 8, 2019
In New Hampshire on Thursday, by a veto-proof vote of 279-88, the House repealed the state’s death penalty and replaced it with a sentence of
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While we’re on the subject . . .
March 8, 2019
In their paper, ” ‘A World of Steel-Eyed Death’: An Empirical Evaluation of the Failure of the Strickland Standard to Ensure Adequate Counsel to Defendants
Voices: Richard Leo
March 8, 2019
“Everyone has a breaking point. Anyone can be convinced to confess, to lie. And it’s not only that they can but they do it at
California’s death penalty and Proposition 66
February 8, 2019
Proposition 66 was passed by popular vote in 2016. Proponents insisted the proposition would speed up the process of capital trials and executions. It was big
Ohio execution delayed: LI drugs cause “waterboarding” effects
February 8, 2019
Republican Governor Mike DeWine postponed the execution of Warren Keith Henness late last month and ordered the state Department of Rehabilitation & Correction to “to
Kevin Cooper’s innocence campaign continues
February 8, 2019
“Kevin Cooper Case: Was the Wrong Man Convicted in the 1983 Chino Hills Massacre?” was the title of a two-hour episode on a “48 Hours”
In brief: February 2019
February 8, 2019
In California, the state Supreme Court unanimously overturned the death sentence of Jamelle Edward Armstrong, convicted of killing a Southern California woman in 1998. The
While we’re on the subject . . .
February 8, 2019
In her op-ed, “Want to Keep Ohio’s Death Penalty? Fix it First,” in the Columbus Dispatch, Phyllis L. Crocker commends Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s order
Voices: William Richards
February 8, 2019
“I just couldn’t believe they could do this to me. I came out broke and homeless.” William (Bill) Richards is referring to the San Bernardino
Before taking his life, Alabama took Domineque Ray’s religious freedom
February 8, 2019
When Domineque Ray was executed by the state of Alabama last night his spiritual advisor was not in the death chamber with him. The reason?
“We’re still here, far from defeated”
January 11, 2019
Friends, we have work to do. Today we have to start over because in the end, Jerry Brown walked away. In spite of pleas from
Pardons, commutations, and moratoria defined
January 11, 2019
Governor Jerry Brown left office on Monday after weeks of discussion regarding the extension of clemency to the 740 condemned prisoners in California. Among all
The Biden Administration and the Death Penalty
January 22, 2021
President Joseph Biden is the first occupant of the Oval Office in American history to openly and publicly oppose the death penalty and advocate its
Virginia is one step closer to abolition!
January 19, 2021
A House bill seeking abolish the death penalty in Virginia was introduced by lawmakers in the General Assembly. Backed by Governor Northam, the bill was
‘This is not justice’: Justice Sonia Sotomayor offers fierce dissent in death penalty case
January 19, 2021
Justice Sotomayor offered a fierce dissent before the Trump Administration carried out its 13th Federal Execution since July. Read Here
Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
January 19, 2021
Early Saturday the Trump administration executed Dusting Higgs. Mr. Higgs was convicted and condemned for killing three women in 1996. With a sworn affidavit by
VIDEO Representative Cori Bush calls for incoming President Biden to Commute all Federal death sentences
January 18, 2021
“We need to do everything in our power to root out white supremacy in all its forms, and that includes ending the death penalty for
Trump, the death penalty and its links with America’s racist history
January 18, 2021
This week, Donald Trump sanctioned the execution of the only woman on federal death row: Lisa Montgomery. She was the 11th prisoner to be killed
Why the Biden Administration Must Abolish the Death Penalty Copy
January 6, 2021
Trump’s increase in federal executions exposes the racism, classism, inability to deter crime, and high cost of capital punishment. Read Here
‘A lifetime of torture’: the story of the woman Trump is rushing to execute”, from The Guardian
January 6, 2021
Lisa Montgomery’s first experiences of sexual abuse occurred indirectly when she was three years old. She would lie in bed at night beside her beloved
Elizabeth Bruenig’s Op-ed – The Man I Saw Them Kill
December 18, 2020
“The idea of execution promises catharsis. The reality of it delivers the opposite, a nauseating sense of shame.” Read Elizabeth Bruenig’s Op-ed in the New
