CA Supreme Court slows pace on capital appeals
May 15, 2023
There are no death penalty cases on the California Supreme Court’s late-May calendar, the Horvitz & Levy blog At the Lectern notes, and points out
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Florida governor signs death penalty bill for rape of a minor
May 15, 2023
Early this month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that would allow a person convicted of the rape of a minor to be sentenced
SCOTUS grants Glossip a stay of execution
May 8, 2023
Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Richard Glossip a stay of execution to give the Court time to review two pending petitions. Glossip was
In brief: April 2023
April 27, 2023
In Texas, a district court judge withdrew the April 26 execution date for Ivan Cantu. CBS Texas reports that the postponement was granted to give
Washington State abolishes its death penalty
April 27, 2023
“It’s official. The death penalty is no longer in state law,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee tweeted last week after signing SB 5087. In a follow-up
While we’re on the subject. . .
April 25, 2023
In his guest essay, “San Quentin Could Be the Future of Prisons in America,” in the New York Times, Bill Keller writes that “there are
Louis Gaskin executed in Florida despite a non-unanimous jury vote
April 13, 2023
The State of Florida killed Louis Gaskin on Wednesday. The state has now killed more than 100 people since the death penalty was reinstated in
Oklahoma AG says Richard Glossip’s conviction should be set aside
April 10, 2023
“After thorough and serious deliberation, I have concluded that I cannot stand behind the murder conviction and death sentence of Richard Glossip,” Oklahoma Attorney General
Texas House passes bill barring the death penalty for people with severe mental illness
April 6, 2023
For the third time since 2019, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill barring the death penalty for people with severe mental illness. The
Richard Glossip’s execution date rescheduled for 9th time
April 3, 2023
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion with the state Court of Criminal Appeals to postpone Richard Glossip’s May 18 execution to August
Arizona governor and state Supreme Court in a showdown over executions
March 22, 2023
(Update: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Supreme Court ended a standoff over the execution of Aaron Gunches on Wednesday, after this story was
While we’re on the subject. . .
March 21, 2023
“It is not for nothing that some critics refer to it as the ‘criminal legal system.’ The word ‘justice’ must be earned, and too often,
While we’re on the subject. . .
June 26, 2023
“Black-led organizations are working to stop the spread of legislation reinstating the death penalty” in “a response to a resurgence of legislation in states controlled
51 people on Louisiana’s death row ask governor for clemency
June 15, 2023
Three months ago, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards told an audience at Loyola University that he supported abolishing the state’s death penalty because it’s “so
Missouri kills Michael Tisius, its third execution this year
June 12, 2023
“I am holding tightly to my faith. It’s all I have left to take with me. I am sorry it had to come to this
Florida’s Catholic bishops urge DeSantis to stay Owen’s execution
June 6, 2023
Florida’s Catholic bishops are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to grant a stay of execution to Duane Owen, and commute his sentence to life without parole,
While we’re on the subject. . .
June 1, 2023
“Tonight, by killing Darryl Barwick, we the People of the State of Florida also killed the belief that redemption matters. That remorse matters. That people,
In brief: May 2023
June 1, 2023
(This post was updated on June 1, 2023.) In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis withdrew a hold on the June 15 death warrant for Duane Owen,
Senate passes CA bill allowing judicial review of old sentences
May 22, 2023
As originally written, California’s SB 94 would have allowed judges to review death and life-without-parole sentences for people imprisoned for at least 20 years. The
CA Supreme Court slows pace on capital appeals
May 15, 2023
There are no death penalty cases on the California Supreme Court’s late-May calendar, the Horvitz & Levy blog At the Lectern notes, and points out
Florida governor signs death penalty bill for rape of a minor
May 15, 2023
Early this month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that would allow a person convicted of the rape of a minor to be sentenced
