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
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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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Join us for a conversation on “Torture and the Death Penalty”
September 29, 2022
Death Penalty Focus is marking the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty with a webinar featuring a discussion on “Torture and the Death Penalty”
DPF welcomes new Executive Director David Brazil
September 29, 2022
The board and staff at Death Penalty Focus are excited to announce David Brazil, a longtime professional community organizer, and criminal justice reform advocate, as
While we’re on the subject. . .
September 27, 2022
“His story, of a young boy victimized by addiction, poverty, violence, the foster care system and later the justice system, profoundly touched me then, and
Alabama judge stays Alan Miller’s execution
September 20, 2022
Alabama may not kill Alan Eugene Miller on Thursday, AL.com reports. A federal judge issued a stay for Miller yesterday after Miller argued he had
Toforest Johnson asks Alabama Supreme Court for a new trial
September 13, 2022
Toforest Johnson, who has been on Alabama’s death row since 1998 for a crime he likely didn’t commit, is asking the state Supreme Court for
California’s homicide rate and the conservative law-and-order myth
September 9, 2022
Conservatives love to blame high violent crime rates on progressives and their criminal justice reform efforts, especially in California, which is why the recently-released state
Court finds South Carolina’s execution methods unconstitutional
September 7, 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
Alabama’s cruel and unusual execution protocol results in another botched execution
November 23, 2022
For the second time in two months, Alabama botched an execution. Corrections officials ended their attempt to kill Kenneth Smith on November 17 after trying
While we’re on the subject. . . .
November 15, 2022
The problems with Alabama’s July execution of Joe Nathan James, Jr., during which it took the execution team three hours to kill him because of
SCOTUS roundup: Andre Thomas, Rodney Reed, Dylann Roof
October 25, 2022
Andre Thomas The Court, in a 6-3 decision, rejected an appeal by Andre Thomas’s lawyers to review his case because it was tainted by racism.
SCOTUS denies cert filed by three California DAs
October 25, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court shot down an attempt by three California district attorneys to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s lethal
Oklahoma: execution frenzy continues; more evidence of Glossip innocence
October 25, 2022
Oklahoma killed Benjamin Cole last week, a severely mentally ill man who did not understand the legal proceedings surrounding his execution. The 57-year-old Cole was
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
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
