A committee on penal code revisions recommended abolishing California’s death penalty, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Voters have twice … [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...]
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...]
United States resumes federal execution in midst of pandemic
The federal government has resumed executions during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting unsuccessful challenges before the U.S. Supreme Court. One … [Read more...]
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