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United States resumes federal execution in midst of pandemic

September 30, 2020 by Kenneth R. Brydon

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The federal government has resumed executions during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting unsuccessful challenges before the U.S. Supreme Court. One … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, death penalty cases, execution methods

Newsom’s stance on death penalty inspires abolitionist movement

February 13, 2020 by kerry rudd

Governor Newsom’s moratorium on the death penalty in March gave California’s abolition movement new energy. “There’s this excitement and energy in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, Recently Posted Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Governor Gavin Newson

Governor's moratorium on death penalty has not stop capital sentences

October 23, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

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By Alfred King Journalism Guild Writer The governor’s moratorium on executions has not stopped some California district attorneys from seeking the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Recently Posted Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY

Some prisoners suffer another form of death penalty

June 24, 2019 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

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An alarming number, 80 prisoners, died in Texas jails in a nine month period between Oct. 1, 2017 and July 1, 2018, according to the Bureau of Justice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DEATH PENALTY, Uncategorized Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Suicide, texas

Texas DA to decide his stance on Death Penalty

May 1, 2019 by Salvador Solorio

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Halfway through his first term, Mark Gonzalez, the District Attorney of Nueces County, Texas, is still trying to decide what his stance is on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Institutions, Prison Media, texas

California Death Row prisoner qualifies under new felony murder rule

April 30, 2019 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

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Demetrius Howard is on California’s Death Row for a crime in which he did not kill anyone. He was never accused of firing a shot, but based … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Uncategorized Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Human Interest

Amnesty International urges death penalty repeal

December 29, 2018 by Noel Scott

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“Two wrongs don’t make a right. The death penalty is no way to impart justice,” says Erika Guevara Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amnesty International, DEATH PENALTY, Florida, USSC

CA leads nation in women on Death Row

November 20, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

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California leads the nation with 23 women on Death Row, but the condemned women are largely invisible and forgotten behind bars, and their stories … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Most Read, WOMEN IN PRISON Tagged With: California Institution for Women, Central California Women’s Facility, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, incarcerated women

Arkansas judge faces sanction for blocking lethal injection

November 15, 2018 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

An Arkansas judge faces judicial sanction for blocking the state’s use of a lethal injection drug on the same day he pro- tested the death penalty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arkansas, DEATH PENALTY, execution methods

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: Uncategorized Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Death Penalty Information Center, Death Row, texas, Texas execution, USSC

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