Sri Lanka: Death row prisoners win a temporary reprieve
Responding to a court decision to hold off all executions until petitions are heard after October, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director, Biraj Patnaik, said:read more
View ArticleFederal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse
Attorney General William P. Barr Directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons to Adopt an Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and Schedule the Executions of Five Death-Row Inmates Convicted of...
View ArticleACLU Asks Supreme Court to Take Nikko Jenkins Execution Case
LINCOLN, Neb. — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition for certiorari today, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a notorious death penalty case from Nebraska. The plaintiff, Nikko...
View ArticleAG Brnovich Leads Fourteen-State Coalition with Brief Supporting the Federal...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today that Arizona is leading a coalition of attorneys general from 14 states at the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Federal Bureau of...
View ArticleThe Death Penalty in 2019: A Year of Incredible Progress, Marred by...
Public support for the death penalty is at the lowest point in decades. The number of states prohibiting executions has more than doubled in the last decade. But we still see some troubling outliers...
View ArticleDeath penalty 2019: Saudi Arabia executed record number of people last year...
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, South Sudan, and Yemen bucked a global trend with spikes in executions Global executions fell by 5%, hitting a 10-year lowread more
View ArticleJust Ahead of First Federal Executions in 17 Years, ACS President Russ...
Indeed, support for capital punishment remains near a 47-year low and 60 percent of Americans prefer life in prison as a punishment over the death penalty. Moreover, half of the states have either...
View ArticleDaniel Lewis Lee Executed: First Federal Execution in 17 Years
It took mere hours for the federal government to take advantage of that opportunity to execute Mr. Lee. As Justice Sotomayor observed in her dissent, ‘the Court accepts the Government’s artificial...
View ArticleACLU Sues Federal Government for Risking Lives to Resume Executions During...
Buddhist Priest Should not Have to Choose Between his Health and Performing Sacred Religious Duties for Prisoner Set to be Executed in July.read more
View ArticleStatement by Department of Justice Spokesperson Kerri Kupec on the Execution...
After many years of litigation following the death of his victims, in which he lived and was afforded every due process of law under our Constitution, Purkey has finally faced justice. The death...
View ArticleStatement by Department of Justice Spokesperson Kerri Kupec on the Execution...
Nearly three decades after Honken coldly ended the lives of five people, including two young girls, all in an effort to protect himself and his criminal enterprise, he has finally faced justice. The...
View ArticleStatement by Department of Justice Spokesperson Kerri Kupec on the Execution...
In October 2001, Mitchell murdered Alyce Slim, a 63-year-old grandmother, and her nine-year-old granddaughter as part of a carjacking in Arizona. After getting a ride from Slim in her pickup truck,...
View ArticleStatement by Department of Justice Spokesperson Kerri Kupec on the Execution...
More than two decades after viciously taking the life of Pamela Butler, causing untold devastation to those who loved her, Nelson finally faced the justice he deserved. Family members of Pamela...
View ArticleAlabama prisoner to Supreme Court: let me pray with my pastor at the hour of...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is now considering an Alabama prisoner’s request to have access to a clergy member of his faith in the chamber during his execution for prayer and spiritual guidance. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court allows pastoral comfort for condemned in execution chamber...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court denied Alabama’s request to overturn a lower court’s order granting a death row prisoner the right to have his pastor accompany him to the death chamber. The Alabama...
View ArticleRacial Justice and Civil Rights Organizations Call on Arizona Governor Not to...
PHOENIX, Ariz. — A group of 18 local and national racial justice and civil rights organizations sent Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey a letter today asking him to not move forward with setting new execution...
View ArticleAttorney General Merrick B. Garland Imposes a Moratorium on Federal...
Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued a memorandum imposing a moratorium on federal executions while a review of the Justice Department’s policies and procedures is pending.read more
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