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STATE SET TO RESUME EXECUTIONS 

July 26, 2023 by Stuart Clarke

Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama Road Sign along Interstate 10 in Robertsdale, Alabama USA, near the State Border with Florida

The state of Alabama is resuming executions after a three-month delay in the wake of problems with lethal injections that forced the cancellation of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, LEGAL, Recently Posted

Controversia por ejecuciones fallidas en Alabama

June 1, 2023 by Wilfredo Alarcon

Ejecuciones por inyección podrían ser suspendidas La gobernadora Kay Ivey, está poniendo una pausa al sistema de la pena capital después de tres … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, ESPANOL, POLITICS, Recently Posted, SPANISH

No executions in California in 17 years

May 30, 2023 by Cainen Chambers

It has been more than 17 years since California last executed one of its Death Row residents in January 2006.  Administrative processes, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, LEGAL, POLITICS, Recently Posted

DOJ faces backlash over lack of transparency in prisoner deaths

January 18, 2023 by Dante Jones

U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington D.C.

The Department of Justice is facing bipartisan criticism from U.S. senators for its lack of transparency in reporting deaths of incarcerated persons … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Recently Posted Tagged With: Federal BOP

Pharmaceutical companies want to manufacture death drugs in secret-IDAHO

July 21, 2022 by Bostyon Johnson

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A new bill prohibiting drug supplier transparency on lethal injection drugs has reached the full Idaho Senate. A 5-4 vote pushed the bill to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, LEGAL, Recently Posted

Report: California’s death penalty ‘beyond repair’

April 19, 2022 by David Ditto

A committee on penal code revisions recommended abolishing California’s death penalty, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  Voters have twice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY

 The end of the line for Death Row?

April 18, 2022 by A.J. Hardy

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...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Featured, Most Read Tagged With: cdcr, Death Row

Supreme Court considers ministers’ presence in death chamber during execution

January 14, 2022 by Timothy Hicks

Viewing room in San Quentin's death chamber

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...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Recently Posted Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, texas, U.S. Supreme Court, USSC

Death Penalty Info Center’s 2020 report notes ‘historic lows’ in executions

January 9, 2022 by Steve Drown

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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...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, executions

120 Executions, Capital Punishment in the USA

June 29, 2021 by A.J. Hardy

Death Row

Capital punishment is declining in America, but some states and the federal government continue to execute prisoners, according to a study by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY

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