Georgia woman’s execution back on, as supporters cry for clemency
A petition saying the mother of three has turned her life around, even earning a theology degree while in prison, had garnered more than 40,000 signatures as of Monday morning,…
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Georgia woman’s execution back on, as supporters cry for clemency
A petition saying the mother of three has turned her life around, even earning a theology degree while in prison, had garnered more than 40,000 signatures as of Monday morning,…
Kelly Renee Gissendaner Execution Delayed, Possibly Due Georgia Storm Forecast
The state of Georgia on Wednesday delayed the execution of its only female death row inmate, ahead of a winter storm forecast to hit many areas with several inches of…
Obama’s Trade Deal Rewards A Brutally Anti-Gay Dictator — And LGBT Lawmakers Are Not Pleased
WASHINGTON — Prominent LGBT members of Congress assailed the Obama administration on Wednesday for including Brunei and Malaysia — two nations deeply hostile to gay communities — in major trade…
Oklahoma Wants To Reinstate The Gas Chamber, And Experts Say It’s A Bad Idea
Facing dwindling supplies of lethal injection chemicals and increased legal scrutiny of the practice, some states are considering a return to antiquated execution methods like firing squads and gas chambers…
White House Won’t Say Whether Obama Has Opinion On Jordan’s Retaliation Against Islamic State
If President Barack Obama has any thoughts on Jordan’s execution of two prisoners, he’s keeping them to himself. – H/T The Blaze
Donald Newbury Execution In Texas To Go Forward
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal to stop the execution of a Texas inmate scheduled to die Wednesday for killing a police officer. – Newbury was once granted a reprieve…
Defense Secretary Nominee Looks to Send Senate Panel Strong Message
WASHINGTON — Ashton B. Carter on Wednesday will assert himself as an advocate of forceful yet prudent use of American power overseas when he faces a newly Republican-controlled Armed Services…
ISIS Releases Video Purporting To Show Execution Of Kenji Goto
The AP and other outlets reported that ISIS released a video on Saturday that appeared to show the execution of Japanese reporter Kenji Goto, who had been held by the…
Ohio Executions Rescheduled
The state on Friday rescheduled executions for seven death row inmates as it tries to find new lethal drugs, meaning no inmate will be put to death in Ohio in…
Texas Is About To Execute A Man With An IQ Of 67
Two days after the execution of Warren Hill, a Georgia man whose lawyers said he had an intellectual disability, another prisoner is scheduled to die despite his attorneys making a…
Why Are IQ Scores Still Being Used To Determine Who Is Fit To Be Executed?
This investigation was reported by Dana Goldstein and Maurice Chammah for The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization focused on the U.S. criminal justice system. You can sign up for…
Richard Glossip Reacts To News That He Won’t Be Executed This Week: ‘It’s So Unbelievable’
McALESTER, Okla. — Death row inmate Richard Glossip described Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court order suspending his impending execution as “so unbelievable.” “I’ve felt amazing today,” Glossip said hours after he…
Garcia White Wins Reprieve 1 Day Before Scheduled Execution
Texas’ top criminal court called off Wednesday’s scheduled execution of a death-row inmate linked to five killings in Houston, though attorneys said the court didn’t immediately explain its decision. The…
Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip’s Lawyers Will Ask To Suspend His Execution
Attorneys representing Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who is scheduled to die Thursday, plan to file a request to stay his execution in light of the recent news that…
Death Penalty Fast Facts
Facts: Capital punishment is legal in 32 U.S. states. Connecticut and New Mexico have abolished the death penalty, but it is not retroactive. Prisoners on death row in those states…
Supreme Court to review Oklahoma lethal injection procedure
The case, which is likely to be heard this term, was brought by inmates who claim that the state protocol violates the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and…
Supreme Court To Take Up Use Of Lethal Injection
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review Oklahoma’s method of execution by taking up a case brought by three death row inmates. The…
Indonesia executes 6 for drug offenses, sets off diplomatic storm
The executions, carried out by firing squad shortly after midnight Sunday local time, were the first under Indonesia’s new president Joko Widodo. Citizens of Malawi, Nigeria and Vietnam were also…
Oklahoma execution of Charles Frederick Warner now up to Supreme Court
Charles Frederick Warner, who was convicted in 2003 for the first-degree rape and murder of his then-girlfriend’s 11-month-old daughter in summer 1997, is scheduled to be executed Thursday at 6…
Ohio changing execution drugs
Ohio is changing the drugs used in lethal injections, a move that will delay at least one execution scheduled for next month, the Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said…