August 1
USA:
Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Death Penalty Appeal Set A judge
said this week oral arguments in Boston Marathon bomber's Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
appeal will be on Dec. 12.
More than 4 years after he was sentenced to death for his part in the Boston
Marathon
July 30
USA:
Killeen: Men convicted in fiery deaths of pastor, wife now face execution
Thursday's order by Attorney General William Barr clearing the way for the
federal government to execute condemned prisoners means that 2 area men
convicted of the fiery murders of a pastor and
July 27
USA:
The Government’s Arguments for Restoring the Death Penalty All Fail
Thursday, Attorney General William Barr announced that the federal government
would begin executing people for the 1st time since 2003. He seemed to justify
this decision in 4 ways: 1st, the death
July 26
USA:
AG Barr Reinstates Federal Death Penalty, Immediately Schedules 5
Executions“Additional executions will be scheduled at a later date,” the
DOJ said.
Attorney General William Barr on Thursday reinstated the federal death penalty,
which lapsed 20 years ago, and
USAimpending/scheduled executions
With the execution of Marion Wilson Jr. in Georgia on June 20, the USA has now
executed 1,500 condemned individuals since the death penalty was re-legalized
on July 2, 1976 in the US Supreme Court Gregg v Georgia decision.
Gary Gilmore was the
July 25
USA:
Trump Justice Department to resume federal executions
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it will resume capital
punishment for the first time in nearly 2 decades.
Attorney General William Barr has directed that executions for 5 death-row
inmates be
June 3
USA:
Jury selection set in death penalty case of Illinois man charged with murdering
Chinese scholar
Jury selection is set to start on Monday for the trial of an Illinois man
charged with kidnapping and murdering a visiting Chinese scholar 2 years ago,
in a case where
April 17
USA:
We should preach about the death penalty on Good Friday
To avoid preaching about the evil of the death penalty on Good Friday is akin
to not preaching about the joy of the resurrection on Easter Sunday. The
central scriptural context of the liturgical readings is
March 16
USAcountdown to nation's 1500th execution
With the execution of Billie Wayne Coble in Texas on February 28, the USA has
now executed 1,493 condemned individuals since the death penalty was
relegalized on July 2, 1976 in the US Supreme Court Gregg v Georgia decision.
October 22
USA:
New Low of 49% in U.S. Say Death Penalty Applied Fairly
The percentage of Americans who believe the death penalty is applied fairly
continues to decrease, falling below 50% this year for the 1st time. 49 % now
say the death penalty is applied fairly and 45% say it
jULY 2
USA:
Support for death penalty rising, even among faithsPercentage of approval
up since 2016
After 4 decades of decreasing support for the death penalty, the tables have
turned.
A recent Pew Research study showed that American support for the death penalty
has
41 Years after SCOTUS Upholds Death Penalty:
Anti-Death Penalty Activists to Fast and Vigil for Four Days
Outside of U.S. Supreme Court to Mark Historic Court Rulings
as Death Penalty Use Declines
CALLING FOR THE SUPREME COURT TO DECLARE THE DEATH PENALTY
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL AS MORE STATES
Here is the current list of impending executions in the USA through
June:
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April
12 Paul Storey Texas
17 Don DavisArkansas
17 Bruce Ward
Feb. 27
USA:
'Rudderless' defense gets delay in Fell's death penalty trial
The 2nd death penalty trial of Donald Fell, set for jury selection Monday, has
been delayed after a member of his defense team termed their effort to prepare
as "rudderless."
The decision by federal Judge
Jan. 30
USA:
Tsarnaev lawyer wants no part of appeal defense
The acclaimed anti-death penalty defender who opened her argument for sparing
the life of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with the shocking
declaration, "It was him," now wants off his case, telling a federal court
Dec. 13
USA:
Federal Judge Criticizes Death Penalty - But Concludes Only Supreme Court Can
End It"Has actual experience borne out the promise for a more reliable
system of capital punishment" since 1976? A federal judge in Vermont says no -
but says the final decision must come
July 28
USA:
Death Penalty For Man Who Killed NYPD Officers
A New York City street gang member was given the death penalty on Wednesday in
the execution-style slayings of 2 undercover police officers in 2003 - the
latest chapter in a case that's seen his original death sentence
Jan. 22
USA:
Breyer renews call to review constitutionality of death penalty
Justice Stephen G. Breyer has used an Alabama capital case to renew his call to
examine the constitutionality of the death penalty.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant a stay of execution for the
Nov. 1
USA:
Racism Is Rampant In Jury Selection. The Supreme Court Can't Fix It.The
Constitution prohibits excluding jurors on the basis of race, but there isn't
much the justices can do to remedy that.
Timothy Foster has spent almost 30 years on Georgia's death row. On Monday,
Oct. 23
USA:
Capital punishment isn't a solution for prisoners
Capital punishment is a widely debated means to end the life of a convicted
individual after they have been incarcerated for crimes perceived as too
heinous for them to re-enter society. Historically, capital punishment
Oct. 23
USA:
Obama says death penalty 'deeply troubling'
Amid new scrutiny of American capital punishment practices, President Barack
Obama said in an interview released Friday he was disturbed by the practical
effects of the death penalty.
While Obama said he wasn't opposed "in
Oct. 1
USA:
In US, murder masterminds are put to death while killers live
3 recent death penalty cases have exposed concerns about executing those
convicted of planning a murder - especially when the actual killers receive a
lighter punishment.
On 7 February 1997, Douglas
Sept. 29
USA:
After Few Executions This Summer, 6 Executions Slated For Next 2
WeeksGeorgia, Oklahoma, Virginia, Texas, and Missouri are set to execute 6
inmates within 2 weeks.
The U.S. is set to execute 6 inmates in the next two weeks after only three
executions were held
Sept. 7
USA:
The Worst of the WorstJudy Clarke excelled at saving the lives of notorious
killers. Then she took the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
"We meet in the most tragic of circumstances," Judy Clarke, the lead defense
lawyer representing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, began. She stood at a
July 6
USA:
Get real
In another recent 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest court in
the land upheld the constitutionality of a 3-drug combination used to
administer the death penalty. (The case stems from a capital punishment case in
Oklahoma.)
At issue was whether
July 1
USA:
There's nothing 'enlightened' about executing the innocent
If there was a bright spot in Monday's regrettable Supreme Court decision in
Glossip v. Gross, it's that at least 2 current justices - Stephen G. Breyer and
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - are open to the idea that the death
June 30
USA:
Supreme Court Allows Use of Execution Drug
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday against 3 death row inmates who had sought to
bar the use of an execution drug they said risked causing excruciating pain.
In the process, 2 dissenting members of the court - Justices Stephen
June 30
USA:
The Supreme Court Just Approved a Lethal Injection Drug that No One Understands
The conservative justices of the Supreme Court were no more gracious in victory
today than they were in defeat last week. They prevailed in Glossip v. Gross, a
case about the legality of a
June 25
USA:
The Death Penalty is Revenge, Not Healing: Father of OKC Victim on Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev's Sentencing
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been formally sentenced to death
for his role in the attack that killed 3 and injured hundreds in 2013.
Addressing survivors
May 15
USA:
Few federal inmates on death row have been actually put to death
Now that a death sentence was given Friday to convicted Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, many Americans may be surprised to know he could live a
relatively long time on federal death row.
That's
May 7
USA:
Tsarnaev: The Cost Of A Death Sentence Versus Life Imprisonment
The penalty phase of the trial of the Boston Marathon Bomber, Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev, is well under way. The jury heard Tsnarnaev's family from Russia give
tearful testimony on Monday of how delicate and emotional
May 2
USA:
The weirdest moment from the Supreme Court's dramatic death penalty arguments
The Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday challenging the use of a lethal
injection cocktail in Oklahoma, and the arguments bordered on the ridiculous.
Right away, conservative Justice Samuel
April 21
USA:
Small band of death penalty opponents rally to spare Tsarnaev's life
Through snow, rain and occasional hecklers, Joe Kebartas stood outside the John
Joseph Moakley Courthouse and protested against the death penalty.
Often he stood outside the federal court alone.
March 27
USA:
Executions, Doctors, The U.S. Supreme Court, And The Breath Of Kings
Editor's note: This post is part of a series stemming from the 3rd Annual
Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Friday, January
30, 2015. The conference brought together
March 24
USA:
How Drug Manufacturers Are Impacting The Death Penalty Debate
Polls generally show that the majority of Americans are on board with the death
penalty. In October 2014, Gallup reported that 63 % of Americans were in favor
of capital punishment while 33 % were opposed.
Jan. 24
USA:
Midazolam and the Supreme CourtOnly 1 week after refusing to stay Charles
Warner's execution, the justices will now hear his fellow inmates' appeal on a
questionable lethal-injection drug.
What changed?
Last week, the state of Oklahoma executed Charles Warner after
USA:
http://www.roche.com/media/med-stat-2015-01-16.htm
Roche Statement
Statement on use of midazolam for death penalty
January 16, 2015
Roche is aware of the use of the benzodiazepine midazolam as part of a drug
combination for executions under the death penalty in the U.S.
Roche did
Nov. 21
USA:
Bryan Stevenson on Executions and Civil Rights: Lynching Stopped But the
Mindset Didn't
Watch our extended interview with Bryan Stevenson, founder and director of the
Equal Justice Initiative. He discusses pending executions, the history of
lynching, and how Rosa Parks
Oct. 1
USA:
Mental Illness and the Death Penalty
Today, at 6pm, the State of Florida is scheduled to kill my brother, Thomas
Provenzano, despite clear evidence that he is mentally ill By no means do I
suggest my brother go free. By all means justice should be done. But I have to
July 24
USA (VERMONT):
Judge orders new trial in Fell case
Citing egregious juror misconduct, a federal judge Thursday ordered a new trial
in the case of Donald Fell, the man sentenced to death in 2005 for kidnapping
and killing a North Clarendon grandmother.
The court finds that
June 21
USA:
Drug Challenges Are Failing to Halt ExecutionsCourts remain skeptical of
legal arguments challenging the constitutionality of lethal injection drugs and
their origins
The execution of 2 inmates late Tuesday night after multiple attempts to halt
their lethal
May 13
USA:
Death row inmates appeal after botched execution
3 US death row inmates have filed new appeals seeking to stop their executions
citing apparent suffering by a prisoner put to death in a botched procedure in
Oklahoma last month.
Robert James Campbell, who is due to die in
May 8
USA:
The Executioner's Lament
In 1977, death row inmate Gary Mark Gilmore chose to be executed by a firing
squad. Gilmore was strapped to a chair at the Utah State Prison, and 5 officers
shot him.
The media circus that ensued prompted a group of lawmakers in nearby Oklahoma
to
May 8
USA:
Several states are in a kind of death penalty limbo
Oklahoma officially put death penalty executions on hold Thursday for 6 months
following last week's bungled execution.
The decision adds it to a growing list of states in a kind of death penalty
limbo. 18 states have
May 5
USA:
After Oklahoma screwup, U.S. should end cruel death penalty: Editorial
Oklahoma's botched execution - in which a murderer writhed for close to an hour
before dying - underscored America's brutal reputation on the world stage.
Among western democracies, only the United
Feb. 2
USA:
US Executions Getting Worse
This week a 3rd inmate died by lethal injection in Missouri in as many months.
Herbert Smulls, convicted of a 1991 murder, was executed late Wednesday night,
after the Supreme Court denied his last-minute appeal. Smulls' attorneys
challenged
Feb. 1
USA:
Boston Police Commissioner: Pursuing death penalty for Tsarnaev is
'appropriate'
The U.S. government will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in
the Boston Marathon bombings.
The Boston Marathon bombings killed 3 people and wounded more than 260 others.
17
Jan. 29
USA:
US death-row inmates could face firing squad
With lethal-injection drugs in short supply in America, some death penalty
states are considering bringing back relics of the past - firing squads, the
electric chair and the gas chamber.
Most states abandoned such methods more
USA:
Supreme Court to revisit death penalty for mentally disabled
How should states decide if someone convicted of a crime has an intellectual
disability, when the answer means life or death? This spring the Supreme Court
will wade back into these murky waters, 12 years after it took the
Oct. 3
USA:
The Cost of Death Sentences: $25 Billion, Much of it Paid by Virginians, Study
Says; Study estimates cost of each execution at more than $20 million.
Prince William and Fairfax counties are among the 62 jurisdictions that have
prosecuted the most criminals executed in
Sept. 2
USA:
These Are The Only 13 Women Executed In America In The Past 40 Years
A jury will likely decide this month whether notorious murder defendant Jodi
Arias should get the death penalty for murdering her ex-boyfriend. It would be
unusual if she were executed.
In the last
June 26
USA (NEW YORK):
Local Cop killer Ronell Wilson forges a shady plan; Chief witness alleges
Wilson told him to tell the jury he had a 'rough upbringing' in hope of
escaping the death penalty.
The chief witness against Ronell Wilson testified Tuesday that the cop killer
asked
June 20
USA:
Dead Man Walking: Extended Interview with Sister Helen Prejean on Decades of
Death Penalty Activism: In this extended web-only interview, Sister Helen
Prejean talks about the 20th anniversary of her landmark book Dead Man
Walking, that chronicles her years of anti-death
April 16
USA:
Sr. Helen Prejean to Receive National Social Justice Leadership
AwardIgnatian Solidarity Network, a national social justice organization
that partners with Catholic Jesuit institutions will present the award on May
7, 2013, in New Orleans, in recognition of Sr.
March 25
USA:
States Banning Death Penalty May Total 18 with New Maryland Law
8 years have passed since Maryland law enforcement terminated a human life
based on the death penalty statute. The General Assembly voted 82-56 on March
15 to join 18 other states in abolishing the death
March 22
USA:
Top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs
One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies has taken steps to ensure
its drugs cannot be used to carry out executions by lethal injection.
UK company Teva, which describes itself as a “top 10
March 17
USA:
How the media is killing the death penalty
When Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) signs a bill abolishing the death
penalty, the state will be just the latest to wipe capital punishment off its
books; since 2007, 17 other states and the District of Columbia have outlawed
March 15
USA (TENNESSEE):
Federal prosecutors outline reasons for death penalty request in postal
workers’ killings
Federal prosecutors said Friday they are seeking the death penalty for a former
corrections officer for allegedly killing two Henning postal employees, for his
lack of
Jan. 30
USA:
Executing Women In the USA
Very few, or at least relatively few, women have been executed in the United
States. Kimberly McCarthy would have been the 13th woman put to death since
reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, had her execution not been delayed
at the last
Jan. 25
USA:
Judge shares 9/11 trial experience
When The Death Guy came to give a presentation at the College of William and
Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, the audience was prepared for a killer
speech.
Judge David J. Novak, also known as :The Death Guy for his role in numerous
Jan. 12
USA:
Leave revenge out of justice; Life in prison prevents killers from killing
again
If I had my way we would abolish the death penalty in favor of life without
parole. Several states already have, and I expect more will follow.
It isn't that I don't think the worst
Jan. 9
USA:
U.S. Death Penalty Support Stable at 63%; Decade-long decline in support after
2001 seen mostly among Democrats
Americans' support for the death penalty as punishment for murder has plateaued
in the low 60s in recent years, after several years in which support was
Jan. 7
USA:
Guantanamo is a place of sometimes puzzling secrecy
When victims of al-Qaida attacks want to talk to reporters at Guantanamo,
retired Navy Capt. Karen Loftus squires the so-called victim family members
to Camp Justice's press shed and introduces herself as their escort.
Dec. 31
USA (NEW YORK):
Rare NYS death penalty case may reach Brooklyn in 2013
The year 2013 will bring a number of new beginnings to Brooklyn. In Brooklyn
Bridge Park, Pier 2 will open with courts for bocce, handball, and basketball.
The Prospect Park Lakeside Project, to open in fall
Dec. 13
USA:
11 face federal charges in fatal home invasion
11 people have been charged in what prosecutors say was a drug-related home
invasion that left three people dead and one wounded in suburban Kansas City.
5 of the people named in the federal grand jury indictment handed down
Dec. 11
USA:
States put brakes on capital punishment
For just the second time since 1984, Virginia and Maryland will end the year
without executing a single death row inmate - reflecting a national trend of
states using capital punishment less often over the past decade.
Maryland has
Dec. 7
USA:
Lethal Injection: 30 Years of Hypocrisy
TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, Art. 43.24. TREATMENT OF CONDEMNED. No
torture, or ill treatment, or unnecessary pain, shall be inflicted upon a
prisoner to be executed under the sentence of the law.
Hypocrisy: a feigning to be
Dec. 4
USA:
Serial killers' DNA might help to solve old murders; Search on for more victims
of John Wayne Gacy, others
Detectives have long wondered what secrets serial killer John Wayne Gacy and
other condemned murderers took to the grave when they were executed - mostly
whether
Nov. 30
USA:
Richard Jaffe's Quest for Justice: Rethinking the Death Penalty in America
The following is an excerpt from Richard Jaffe's book, Quest for Justice:
Defending the Damned.
One bleak November night, a lone man pointed a gun at a young female cashier
and demanded money at a
Nov. 26
USA (NEW YORK):
Ronell Wilson case: Lawyers will try to convince judge that the convicted cop
killer is not eligible for the death penalty because he has IQ below 70; Does a
mentally handicapped person quote author Ralph Ellison, the Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr. and
Oct. 23
USA:
Guantanamo defense: No war crimes if no war
A U.S. military war tribunal is weighing a question that might seem better
suited for a history class than a courtroom: How long has the United States
been at war?
The question is more than academic for Abd al-Rahim
Oct. 20
USA:
Defense wants 9/11 trial televised globally from Guantanamo
The death penalty trial of 5 Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the
September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States is so important that it should
be televised globally, defense lawyers argued on Friday.
Oct. 19
USA:
Does the US Constitution Apply to the 9/11 Trial? Maybe
In an ordinary federal court held on U.S. soil, it's clear what rules apply.
There are the laws passed by Congress, precedent from cases decided in the
federal appeals courts and, of course, the U.S. Constitution,
Oct. 9
USA:
Supreme Court debates whether competency can hold up federal appeals in death
penalty cases
The Supreme Court is questioning whether federal judges can delay appeals from
death row inmates while determining whether an inmate is competent enough to
assist in his or her own
Oct. 1
USA:
Why The Death Penalty Is Not An Issue In This Campaign
The death penalty used to be an important issue in presidential politics. In
1988, Vice President George Bush used his Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis's
opposition to the death penalty to portray him as soft on
Sept. 27
USA (PUERTO RICO):
Puerto Rico jury rejects death penalty
A Puerto Rican jury rejected the death penalty Thursday for a convicted drug
dealer accused of killing an ex-girlfriend who was an informant for the U.S.
government.
Edison Burgos Montes will face life in prison for
Sept. 26
USA:
What will the Supreme Court decide in this term's 1st big cases?
Ryan v. Gonzales and Tibbals v. Carter, Tuesday, Oct. 9: We are not supposed to
execute mentally insane people in this country. The Supreme Court said so in
1986. At the time, no state allowed such an
Sept. 26
USA (PUERTO RICO)possible federal death penalty
Puerto Rico jury deliberates death penalty case in highly anticipated verdict
A jury in Puerto Rico was deliberating Wednesday whether a convicted drug
dealer should be executed for killing a girlfriend who was an informant
Sept. 21
USA:
US death penalty opponents mark Davis anniversary
US death penalty opponents called for an investigation into growing concerns
about police and prosecutor misconduct on the one-year anniversary of the
controversial execution of Troy Davis.
Amnesty International and the
Sept. 17
USA:
Abolish the death penalty
You're kidding me. We don't execute people on the Sabbath. Well that's about
the most bizarre thing I've ever heard. - Leo McGarry, The West Wing
(1999-2006).
1 year ago this Friday, a man named Troy Davis was executed in Georgia. I was
on
Sept. 15
USA (MICHIGAN):
Death penalty decision in Lansing killing delayed in federal court in Grand
Rapids
The government has delayed making a recommendation on whether alleged members
of a violent Lansing street gang will face the death penalty in an alleged
drug-related killing.
Sept. 2
USA (IOWA)female and federal death penalty
Lawyers in Iowa death penalty case seek jury data
Lawyers for an Iowa woman facing a 2nd death penalty trial for her role in the
execution-style killings of 5 people in 1993 are planning to challenge the
process used to select
Aug. 21
USA:
Wrongful Conviction in the American Judicial Process: History, Scope, and
Analysis
This paper addresses the historical, current, and projected scope of wrongful
convictions in the judicial process of the United States. Herein, numerous
research studies are reviewed in
Aug. 15
USA:
Death by IQ: US inmates condemned by flawed tests
Texas puts man with 61 IQ to death. This was just one of the lurid headlines
that greeted the execution on 7 August of Marvin Wilson, killed by lethal
injection at Huntsville State Penitentiary for the murder of a police
July 31
USA:
Michael Moore: 'Guns don't kill people, Americans kill people'
Filmmaker and Flint native Michael Moore is speaking out about the killing of
12 people and the injuring of 58 others in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, and
his message is similar to what he said in his film
July 23
USA:
Witness to Innocence: Wrongful Execution and Exoneration
Randy Steidl was pissed off. And when he was not pissed off, he was enraged.
Pissed off and enraged at what the criminal justice system was doing to him.
But for his anger, he thinks he might have gone insane.
July 20
USA:
A view from the trenches of death penalty appeals
In May, Victor Stephens, who is black, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from
the shooting of a white store owner. The plea, which came after he had been
granted a new trial, brought a life sentence but removed him
June 29
USA:
40 years after Furman, the U.S. Death Penalty Is In Disarray
June 29 marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case Furman v.
Georgia. In Furman, the high court abolished the death penalty on the grounds
that it violated the Eighth Amendment prohibition on
June 27
USA:
Anti-Death Penalty Activists Found Guilty for Protest, to Serve Jail Time
Today, 13 death penalty abolition activists went on trial in DC Superior Court
to face a charge stemming from a January 17 arrest this year at the U.S.
Supreme Court. On that date, 14 protestors
June 23
USA (RHODE ISLAND):
Feds will seek death penalty in Jason Pleau case
This past week, the ongoing Jason Pleau custody battle took yet another turn.
On Monday, federal prosecutors declared their desire to seek the death penalty
in the Pleau case. Governor Lincoln Chafee, a
June 13
USA:
Episcopal leaders push to abolish death penalty across the country
When Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill in April making Connecticut the 5th state
in 5 years to abolish the death penalty, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
Bishop Suffragan James Curry’s attendance at the
May 25
USA:
Despite its popularity, the death penalty would allow the state to kill
innocent people
The University of Michigan law school and Northwestern University have just
compiled a database of over 2,000 United States prisoners exonerated between
1999 and the present day. One
May 10
USA (RHODE ISLAND):
Chafee appeals federal decision on state inmate
A tug-of-war over an inmate in Rhode Island custody in a possible death penalty
case escalated Wednesday as Gov. Lincoln Chafee said he will appeal to the U.S.
Supreme Court a federal court ruling allowing the
Feb. 24
USA:
Capital punishment creates ethical dilemma for legal system
Over the past few days, The Prindle Institute held events concerning ethics and
capital punishment. From a showing of The Green Mile to guest lectures, these
discussions showed what a prominent ethical issue
Jan. 21
USA:
Jan. 17 anti death penalty action at US Supremre Court:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inGmr3hjv_olist=HL1327118387feature=mh_lolz
PENNSYLVANIA:
Death penalty still being weighed in double slaying
Westmoreland County's top prosecutor is still considering if he
Jan. 17
USA:
FOR IMMEDIATE release...@abolition.org
14 Activists Arrested Today at U.S. Supreme Court to Commemorate 35th
Anniversary of First Execution
Participants from Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, New Mexico, DC, Utah,
Vermont, Kansas and New York were there to
Jan. 17
USA:
14 Arrested In Death Penalty Protest at Supreme Court
Inside, the Supreme Court was hearing arguments in a dusty federal tax case.
Outside, police were arresting 14 death penalty protesters who unfurled a
30-foot wide banner with the message STOP EXECUTIONS! on the
Dec. 11
USA:
Unfit for Execution
To the Editor:
You correctly note that the State of Georgia, by forcing capital defendants to
prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are mentally retarded, has
eviscerated the Supreme Court’s ruling in Atkins v. Virginia, which held that
the
Dec. 2
DECEMBER 2, 2011:
USA3 new execution dates set
Michael Dale St. Clair has been given an execution date for January 19, 2012,
in KENTUCKY
Beunka Adams has been given an execution date for March 8, 2012, in TEXAS
Eric Dale Roberts has been given a date for the week of May
Nov. 29
USA:
Newt: Give the death penalty to drug cartel leaders
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says he supports using the
death penalty as punishment for leaders of drug cartels who bring drugs into
America.
Gingrich made the comments when asked in an interview
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