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Texas court updates death penalty protocols

October 18, 2018 by Achilles

A Texas court implemented updated protocols for Death Row prisoners with intellectual disabilities. The revised standards came after the U.S. Supreme … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Death Penalty Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Death Penalty Information Center, Death Row, texas, Texas execution, USSC

Letter to the Editor by John A. Riccardi

August 2, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Dear Mr. Richardson, Editor in Chief, I entered Death Row in East Block (San Quentin State Prison) on September 29, 1996. I received a reversal on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Death Penalty Information Center, San Quentin’s Death Row

US Supreme Court Death Row case Hidalgo v. Arizona Arizona death penalty law

April 19, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

In the coming months, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to take up a challenge to the death penalty in Arizona. If the justices agree to hear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty Tagged With: California’s death row, Death Penalty Information Center, Hidalgo v. Arizona

Nevada plans to use execute using combination of unproven drugs

October 1, 2017 by Charles David Henry

Nevada plans to use a combination of drugs for an execution that has never been used and its effectiveness is unproven, an investigative Global News … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty Tagged With: ACLU, Death Penalty Information Center, fentanyl, Lethal injections, Nevada Department of Corrections, Pfizer

Alabama considering asphyxia for execution

June 1, 2017 by Charles David Henry

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Alabama is considering use of nitrogen asphyxia as a third option to execute prisoners. “If SB12 is passed, Alabama would become the second state … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty Tagged With: California’s death row, DEATH PENALTY, Death Penalty Information Center, Nitrogen gas

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