ARIZONA On February 15, Arizona’s Jewish leaders filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections in an effort to stop the use of the … [Read more...]
Report: California’s death penalty ‘beyond repair’
A committee on penal code revisions recommended abolishing California’s death penalty, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Voters have twice … [Read more...]
The end of the line for Death Row?
California begins the process of repurposing Death Row housing units The nation’s largest Death Row is now in its final throes, as Gov. Gavin … [Read more...]
Japanese prisoners sue over same-day executions
Japan’s same-day execution law has prompted two death row prisoners to file a lawsuit, the Insider Sun reports. The attorney for the men, Yutaca … [Read more...]
Killer executed despite intellectual disabilities
On October 5 Missouri executed Ernest Johnson — despite claims by death penalty opponents and Johnson’s attorney that killing him violated the … [Read more...]
Supreme Court considers ministers’ presence in death chamber during execution
A Death Row inmate’s religious request to have his pastor place hands on him during his execution is being examined by Supreme Court Justices, said … [Read more...]
Victims and prosecutors angered by transfers of condemned prisoners
Prisoners sentenced to death can now be transferred to other California prisons, according to the California Department of Corrections and … [Read more...]
Death Penalty Info Center’s 2020 report notes ‘historic lows’ in executions
COVID prison deaths exceed recent state-imposed executions in the United States Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended California’s death penalty in 2019 by … [Read more...]
9th Circuit won’t end CA’s moratorium on executions
A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force California to resume executions of almost 700 men and women on Death … [Read more...]
Papa Francisco habla en contra de la pena de muerte
Ciudad del Vaticano — Después de siglos de evolución, el Papa Francisco ha declarado la posición de la Iglesia Católica en contra de la pena de muerte … [Read more...]
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