The Biden Administration and the Death Penalty
January 22, 2021
President Joseph Biden is the first occupant of the Oval Office in American history to openly and publicly oppose the death penalty and advocate its
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Virginia is one step closer to abolition!
January 19, 2021
A House bill seeking abolish the death penalty in Virginia was introduced by lawmakers in the General Assembly. Backed by Governor Northam, the bill was
‘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
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
Federal death row prisoner files challenge to January execution
August 20, 2019
A lawyer for one of the five men the Trump Administration announced it plans to execute in December and January is challenging the legality of
Former victim and Oklahoma Parole Board ask OK governor for mercy for Coddington
August 29, 2022
A former victim of James Coddington is asking Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt for mercy for Coddington, who is scheduled to be executed next Thursday. KWGS
CA Supreme Court decision could lead to multiple death LWOP resentencings
August 29, 2022
A number of people on California’s death row could be resentenced in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling earlier this month. The unanimous
Oklahoma kills James Coddington; first of 25 scheduled for execution
August 27, 2022
James Coddington, a 50-year-old man who turned his life around in prison over the last 25 years, was executed by Oklahoma last Wednesday, two weeks
Voices: California People of Faith’s Terry McCaffrey
August 24, 2022
Terry McCaffrey is on a mission. Chair of the East-West San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the California People of Faith and Amnesty International’s Death
In brief: August 2022
August 23, 2022
In Alabama, Joe Nathan James, Jr., was executed late last month in what a private autopsy indicates was a “long death.” The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig’s
Governor issues execution stay for Glossip
August 17, 2022
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has issued a 60-day stay of execution for Richard Glossip. The stay is effective September 22, the day Glossip was scheduled
Texas high court stays Gonzales’s execution
July 28, 2022
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution to Ramiro Gonzales earlier this month, two days before he was scheduled to be
Oklahoma’s first of 25 executions is set for August
July 26, 2022
Oklahoma’s plan to kill 25 men between next month and December 2024 has been met with outrage and disbelief. Former Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and
In brief: July 2022
July 26, 2022
In California, three death sentences were overturned by state and federal courts in the past few weeks, the Death Penalty Information Center reports. “Richard Clark,
