Over the last three months, six executions in the United States have been stayed or rescheduled because of constitutional issues regarding the method … [Read more...]
Amnesty International urges death penalty repeal
“Two wrongs don’t make a right. The death penalty is no way to impart justice,” says Erika Guevara Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty … [Read more...]
Texas court updates death penalty protocols
A Texas court implemented updated protocols for Death Row prisoners with intellectual disabilities. The revised standards came after the U.S. Supreme … [Read more...]
Lawyer urges defendant to plead guilty in capital case
In the summer of 2011, defendant Robert McCoy met with his lawyer Larry English to discuss how to plead in a capital case, The New York Times … [Read more...]
Initiatives Solicit Voters’ View About Death Penalty
Signatures are being solicited for two November ballot initiatives that would ask California voters to speed up executions or repeal the death … [Read more...]