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States struggle to carry out executions

October 17, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

California in United States

Lethal injections, legal battles and difficulty obtaining drugs have forced a number of states to find alternative ways to carry out the death … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alabama, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma

Pope Francis condemns the death penalty

October 17, 2018 by Salvador Solorio

Pope Francis declared executions are an attack on human dignity and the church would work with “determination” to abolish capital punishment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY

Prosecutors accepting guilty pleas: no executions

September 11, 2018 by William Harris

It’s now been four years since a Georgia jury handed down a death sentence. In the majority of the capital punishment cases, prosecutors are allowing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Georgia, Prosecution Attorneys Council

India adopts capital punishment for child rape under twelve

September 11, 2018 by Charles Stanley Longley

In April, India passed a law permitting the death penalty for rape of a child under 12, reigniting an international debate over capital punishment. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: capital punishment, DEATH PENALTY, India, Law Commission of India

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: Most Read Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Death Penalty Information Center, letters, San Quentin’s Death Row

Tennessee schedules three executions

June 11, 2018 by William Harris

Tennessee has scheduled three executions this year, after nearly a decade without them, according to USA Today. Dozens of Death Row prisoners lost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Barbara Peck, Bill Haslam, Chief Justice Jeffrey Bivins, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, Jennifer Donnals, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee Supreme Court, USA Today

French journalist films San Quentin Death Row inmate

May 7, 2018 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Keith Zon Doolin is on death row despite evidence of his innocence, according to Agnes Buthion, a French journalist who has directed a documentary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: 20 Years on Death Row, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, Doolin, Keith Doolin, Rudy Petilla

Pope calls teaching capital punishment inadmissible

December 11, 2017 by Charles David Henry

When the Vicar of Christ speaks about the death penalty, shouldn’t the world listen? Pope Francis visited the United States two years ago and told … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Dead Man Walking, DEATH PENALTY, Pope Francis

Alabama considering asphyxia for execution

June 1, 2017 by Charles David Henry

gas chamber

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

Voter Initiatives Monetize the Petition Process

June 1, 2016 by Wayne Boatwright

Registered voters signing the initiative

This presidential year has inspired many potential voter initiatives and further monetizes the petition process. In theory, a petition to place an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ballot initiative, California voters, Carl Towe, DEATH PENALTY, Fred Kimball, he Sacramento Bee., petition process

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