Ohio Governor Spares Obese Killer
Sidesteps weight issue by making it about poor legal representation
Death Penalty
NC Judge Commutes Death Sentences over Racial Bias
Judge says prosecutors made concerted effort to eliminate black jurors from pool
Arizona Inmate Executed for Murdering 2 Girls
Put to death two decades after conviction
Despite Discredited Expert, Miss. Execution Marches Forward
Dr. Steven Hayne continues to ruin lives
Documentary Claims Serial Killer Murdered Nicole Brown Simpson
Man currently on death row in Florida
Texas Man Executed for Woman's Abduction, Rape, Slaying
Victim taken from a bus stop 11 years ago.
Ohio Set to Execute Man Who Stabbed Woman 138 Times
Third execution since a six-month moratorium
California Death Penalty Opponents Use Economic Arguments
The indebted state would save over $100 million a year if inmates on death row were given life without parole
South Dakota Man Executed for Child's Murder
Kidnapped, raped, and murdered 9-year-old girl in 1990
Texas Executes Convicted Murderer
Bobbly Lee Hines wasn't exactly a poster boy for the anti-capital-punishment movement
Calif. Prison Guard Union Keeping Quiet on Propositions
No involvement in efforts to strike down death penalty, soften "three strikes" laws
Supreme Court Stays Houston Cop Killer's Execution
Agreed to review the case two and a half hours before the scheduled execution
AL Backs Off Quest for Death Penalty in Long-Contested Case
LaSamuel Gamble wasn't even the shooter
South Dakota Executes Inmate Who Killed Prison Guard
First execution in the state since 2007
Switzerland Sixth Country to Call for Worldwide Abolition of the Death Penalty
Joins Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Italy.
GOP Arkansas Legislative Candidate Endorses Death Penalty For Rebellious Children
Has also called for expelling Muslims from the U.S.
Texas Court Upholds Death Sentence for Innocent Man
No constitutional grounds, they say, on which to overturn the sentence
Appeal to Allow Execution of Penn. Inmate Denied
Won't take place as state court asks for more briefings
Penn. Judge Grants Stay in Death Penalty Case
Authorities apparently suppressed important allegations of sexual abuse
Innocent Man Freed After 15 Years on Death Row
DNA evidence played a big role in springing Damon Thibodeaux
Manufacturer Won't Sell Drug for Use in Executions
Setback for states looking for alternatives to other drugs that companies have stopped selling to them
Texas Prepares to Execute Ninth Prisoner This Year
Barring Supreme Court intervention, he'll be put to death at 7 p.m. Eastern
Death Row Inmate Too Fat to Be Executed
Being obese could keep Ronald Post alive a little longer
Harris Co. DA Gives Up on Trying to Execute 1977 Inmate
On death row since 1978, he's been convicted and sentenced to death three time
Two Senegalese Nationals Executed in Gambia
President Yahya Jammeh, who plans to have all death row inmates executed by mid-September, has ignored international pleas to halt the executions.
Gambia Urged to Halt Executions
President Yahya Jammeh plans to execute all death row prisoners next month
Arizona Executes Inmate for 25-Year-Old Murders
Daniel Wayne Cook was convicted of murdering two men in 1987.
Death Row Inmate Wins Right to Be Executed
He wants to die, rejecting clemency by Oregon's governor
Texas to Execute "Mentally Retarded" Death Row Inmate
Texas uses its own definition of mental retardation and Marvin Wilson doesn't qualify
Julian Assange's Mother Fears Her Son Could Be Executed in the US
Christine Assange has given evidence to Ecuador's government that she claims shows that her son will be executed if he is extradited.
