STATE SET TO RESUME EXECUTIONS
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 three executions, according to reporting by The Associated Press. Last November, Gov. Kay Ivey ordered executions paused to allow for a “top to bottom” internal review of death penalty procedures. “I am confident that the Department is … [Read More...]
Controversia por ejecuciones fallidas en Alabama
Ejecuciones por inyección podrían ser suspendidas La gobernadora Kay Ivey, está poniendo una pausa al sistema de la pena capital después de tres inyecciones letales fallidas. Se ordenó una revisión completa “de arriba a abajo,” dijo ella. La fallida ejecución de Kenneth Eugene Smith, causó que esta medida se iniciara. Smith es el tercer caso de falla desde el 2018, y es el segundo … [Read More...]
No executions in California in 17 years
It has been more than 17 years since California last executed one of its Death Row residents in January 2006. Administrative processes, executive actions and various legal battles have been contributing factors to prevent executions during the period, according to Fox 40 news. “We are starting the process of closing death row to repurpose and transform the current housing units into … [Read More...]
DEATH ROW TRANSFERS FACE MIXED REACTIONS
California’scontroversialmove to shutterdeath row Two clocks, three telephones, and a light green death chamber will soon be a memory as California moves to complete the dismantling of its Death Row. Attention has turned to transferring the remaining 465 people on Condemned Row to facilities other than San Quentin, since Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced that the historic prison will become … [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 persons because the panel failed to notify victims’ families before its meeting, a state judge ruled. The outgoing governor, Steve Sisolak, had recommended that the board, which has authority to do so, commute the death sentences, The Associated … [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 Press. The action came with less than 30 days remaining of her term in office. “I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should not be in the business of executing people,” Brown said. She hoped … [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 throughout the United States, according to the Oakland Post. Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), members of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations issued a report called “Uncounted Deaths in America’s Prisons … [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 full Senate by the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee, The Associated Press reported March 14. “If this is an issue we’re going to address, we need to address it now” said Sen. Todd Lakey, committee chairman. Some suppliers are declining to … [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 rejected ballot propositions to end capital punishment. The new recommendation to end death sentences comes from the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code, established by law in 2020. “California’s system for capital punishment is beyond … [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 Newsom prepares to implement the remaining portion of a 2016 voter initiative that moves condemned prisoners to other maximum-security facilities and integrates them with the general prison population. “We are starting the process of closing Death … [Read More...]