California’s controversial move to shutter death row Two clocks, three telephones, and a light green death chamber will soon be a memory as … [Read more...]
Judge reverses death sentence commutations
District court reinstates 57 death sentences for lack of victim notification The Nevada pardons board cannot commute death sentences for 57 … [Read more...]
Oregon commutes death sentences en masse
Democratic Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon has commuted 17 death sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the Associated … [Read more...]
DOJ faces backlash over lack of transparency in prisoner deaths
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...]
Pharmaceutical companies want to manufacture death drugs in secret-IDAHO
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
120 Executions, Capital Punishment in the USA
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...]