Surprising verdict against death for the Parkland shooter
October 25, 2022
When the jury in the death penalty trial of Nikolas Cruz, who pled guilty to killing 17 students and teachers and wounding 17 others at
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In brief: October 2022
October 24, 2022
In California, a new report from the U.S. Department of Justice describes how the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department
While we’re on the subject . . .
October 18, 2022
In his piece, “The Supreme Court Shows No Signs of Slaking Its Thirst for Capital Punishment,” in The New Republic, Matt Ford points out that
On Demand: Torture and the Death Penalty: in Recognition of World Day Against the Death Penalty
October 11, 2022
On Monday, October 10, 2022, at noon Pacific/3 p.m. Eastern, in recognition of World Day Against the Death Penalty, DPF presented “A Conversation with Death
CA’s Racial Justice Act cited in murder conviction reversal of two men
October 10, 2022
The murder convictions of two East Contra Costa men were reversed by a Superior Court judge last week, who ruled that the prosecutor and police
Despite three botched executions, Alabama plans to kill a fourth man next month
October 6, 2022
(Update: Today, just two weeks after Alabama corrections officials botched the execution of Alan Miller, the state wants to try again. According to AL.com, the
In brief: September 2022
September 29, 2022
“Cole is a man who is so debilitated by paranoid schizophrenia and brain damage that he barely speaks or moves, crawls on his cell floor
Court finds South Carolina’s execution methods unconstitutional
September 29, 2022
South Carolina’s plan to execute men and women by electrocution or firing squad constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the state Constitution, a
OK law firm releases more information casting doubt on Glossip’s case
September 29, 2022
Last week, the Oklahoma law firm Reed Smith released a third supplemental report on its investigation into the case of Richard Glossip. He was sentenced
Alabama’s cruel and unusual attempt to kill Alan Miller
September 29, 2022
It appears that for the second time in two months, Alabama corrections officials botched an execution with their rushed attempt to kill Alan Miller last
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September 29, 2022
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While we’re on the subject . . . .
January 9, 2023
“The death penalty is beyond redemption. It is unfair and unfixable, and it turns states into killers in the name of vengeance against killers,” the
Two year-end reports highlight a broken death penalty system in the US
January 3, 2023
“2022 can be called ‘the year of the botched execution,’” the Death Penalty Information Center stated in its annual report on capital punishment in the
Alabama governor doubles down on blaming the wrong people for botched executions
December 14, 2022
After Alabama corrections officials botched their third execution in four months on November 17, Gov. Kay Ivey called a hiatus, saying it wasn’t the fault
The tragic case of Kevin Johnson, set to be killed by Missouri this month
November 30, 2022
Missouri killed Kevin Johnson on Tuesday evening. He was sentenced to death for killing Kirkwood police officer Sgt. William McEntee in 2005, a crime he
Tennessee’s shameful and shocking treatment of Henry Hodges
November 30, 2022
A judge’s order late last month means a man on Tennessee’s death row, who slit his wrists before severing his penis in early October, will
Oklahoma high court denies both of Glossip’s petitions for a hearing on new evidence
November 29, 2022
In one week, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals denied two petitions filed by Richard Glossip for an evidentiary hearing to consider new evidence of
Alabama’s governor tries to shift the blame for the state’s botched executions
November 29, 2022
In a bizarrely-worded statement, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called for a temporary halt to executions last week. She announced the decision after corrections officials botched
California man is freed on DNA evidence after 38 years in prison
November 29, 2022
“What has happened to Mr. Hastings is a terrible injustice,” Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said at a news conference announcing Maurice Hastings’ release
In brief: November 2022
November 29, 2022
In Texas, Tracy Beatty was killed early last month despite valid questions about whether his crime qualified for the death penalty. Beatty was found guilty
