William Morva executed in Virginia in spite of pleas for clemency
July 14, 2017
“The execution of a man suffering from severe mental illness is an act of particular barbarism — especially if his condition may have been misdiagnosed
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U.S. appeals court rules for mentally ill Texas death row inmate
July 14, 2017
“We will now reverse the district court’s denial of appointed counsel and expert funding . . . vacate its factual findings relating to Panetti’s competency,
U.S. Supreme Court rules for Alabama death row inmate on mental health defense
July 14, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court sent a condemned Alabama inmate’s case back to a lower court late last month because he did not have access to
Ohio gears up for executions after long hiatus
July 14, 2017
After a three-and-a-half-year hiatus, Ohio is again free to tinker with the machinery of death. Ohio has not executed anyone since January 2014, when Dennis
In brief: July 2017
July 14, 2017
In Florida, the Palm Beach Post reports that Gov. Rick Scott has scheduled the first execution date for an inmate since the U.S. Supreme Court’s January
While we’re on the subject . . .
July 14, 2017
Criminal attorney (and DPF board member) Robert M. Sanger’s article in the current Criminal Law Bulletin, “Duties of Capital Trial Counsel Under the California ‘Death
Voices: Todd Peppers
July 14, 2017
“Marie is one of the unsung heroes from the early years of the fight against the modern death penalty. [Her] work on death row took a
California Supreme Court holds oral argument on Proposition 66
June 9, 2017
When the lawsuit against Proposition 66 was filed the day after it passed last November, plaintiffs Ron Briggs and the late John Van de Kamp
He’s mentally ill, but the state of Virginia plans to execute him anyway
June 9, 2017
“If the death penalty is for the worst of the worst, then a person whose actions are driven by an illness over which he has
Florida’s death penalty troubles continue
June 9, 2017
The death penalty continued to roil political waters in Florida in the last few weeks. Late last month, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal
In Brief: June 2017
June 9, 2017
In Alabama, Robert Melson, who was sentenced to death in 1994 for killing three people, was executed last night, the state’s second execution in two
Voices: John Bessler
June 9, 2017
“For justification of any punishment go back to the Enlightenment,” University of Baltimore Law Professor John Bessler says. “Philosophers such as Montesquieu and Cesare Beccaria
‘This is not justice’: Justice Sonia Sotomayor offers fierce dissent in death penalty case
January 19, 2021
Justice Sotomayor offered a fierce dissent before the Trump Administration carried out its 13th Federal Execution since July. Read Here
Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
January 19, 2021
Early Saturday the Trump administration executed Dusting Higgs. Mr. Higgs was convicted and condemned for killing three women in 1996. With a sworn affidavit by
VIDEO Representative Cori Bush calls for incoming President Biden to Commute all Federal death sentences
January 18, 2021
“We need to do everything in our power to root out white supremacy in all its forms, and that includes ending the death penalty for
Trump, the death penalty and its links with America’s racist history
January 18, 2021
This week, Donald Trump sanctioned the execution of the only woman on federal death row: Lisa Montgomery. She was the 11th prisoner to be killed
Why the Biden Administration Must Abolish the Death Penalty Copy
January 6, 2021
Trump’s increase in federal executions exposes the racism, classism, inability to deter crime, and high cost of capital punishment. Read Here
‘A lifetime of torture’: the story of the woman Trump is rushing to execute”, from The Guardian
January 6, 2021
Lisa Montgomery’s first experiences of sexual abuse occurred indirectly when she was three years old. She would lie in bed at night beside her beloved
Elizabeth Bruenig’s Op-ed – The Man I Saw Them Kill
December 18, 2020
“The idea of execution promises catharsis. The reality of it delivers the opposite, a nauseating sense of shame.” Read Elizabeth Bruenig’s Op-ed in the New
George Gascon is new L.A. County District Attorney. Vows to end the death penalty.
December 9, 2020
In any case charged from this day forward, LADA will not seek the death penalty. In any case currently charged with special circumstances where the
From Sister Helen Prejean: Trump is rushing to execute inmates. We must raise our voices in protest.
December 7, 2020
Source: The Washington Post The Trump administration is engaged in a full-court press to execute as many people on federal death row as possible before
