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Youth offenders with specific crimes denied parole opportunities

September 19, 2024 by Jay Kim

N.A. Chaderjian youth graduates

The California Supreme Court ruled that certain juvenile offenders with serious offenses, mostly those serving Life without the Possibility of parole … [Read more...]

Filed Under: POLITICS, YOUTH OFFENDERS Tagged With: California Supreme Court, DEATH PENALTY, Tony Hardin

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

Japanese prisoners sue over same-day executions

January 30, 2022 by George Franco

A friend of SQN at Mt. Osore, a Buddhist pilgrimage destination. The temple is located in the caldera of an active volcano and is believed to be one of the gates to the underworld in Aomori, Japan, the northern most prefecture in the mainland.

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...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, executions, Japan

Killer executed despite intellectual disabilities

January 29, 2022 by Randy Hansen

On October 5 Missouri executed Ernest Johnson — despite claims by death penalty opponents and Johnson’s attorney that killing him violated the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, execution, Missouri

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

Victims and prosecutors angered by transfers of condemned prisoners

January 14, 2022 by Vincent O'Bannon

Death Row

Prisoners sentenced to death can now be transferred to other California prisons, according to the California Department of Corrections and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: cdcr, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row

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

January 9, 2022 by Steve Drown

SQ_Lethal_Injection_Room

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

9th Circuit won’t end CA’s moratorium on executions

December 25, 2021 by Timothy Hicks

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...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY

Papa Francisco habla en contra de la pena de muerte

October 31, 2021 by A.J. Hardy

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...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Spanish

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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