Judge Delays First Federal Execution in 17 Years Due to Coronavirus Fears
Relatives of the victims say they shouldn’t have to risk infection to attend. A federal judge agreed.
Relatives of the victims say they shouldn’t have to risk infection to attend. A federal judge agreed.
The federal government hasn’t executed a prisoner since 2003. We may see three killed in July.
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False testimony and prosecutorial misconduct put Walter Ogrod on death row.
Requiring unanimous juries underscores the gravity of a death penalty sentence.
Ogrod remains on death row even though the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has called for his conviction to be overturned. He probably has COVID-19.
The reactions to the governor's actions were mixed.
Only 10 jurors sentenced Nathaniel Woods to death for the deaths of three police officers.
Concern for the families appeared on both sides of the debate.
Oklahoma messed up three executions in just two years.
"Nick Sutton has gone from a life-taker to a life-saver," read a clemency petition filed by corrections staff, the families of several victims, and five of the jurors who sentenced him to death.
Former prosecutor Bennett Gershman: "The use of jailhouse informants...is one of the great abuses in criminal trials across America."
"This whole question of how we kill our prisoners is sort of a sideshow when the system is as broken as it is."
Supporters of Lance believe the court should have tested DNA before sentencing him to death.
The ACLU and the Innocence Project are suing to uncover the evidence.
Florida has had more exonerations of death row inmates than any other state in the U.S.
The jury said they would have given Jimmy Meders life in prison without parole had it been available.
The Tennessee death row inmate "has gone from a life-taker to a life-saver."
Meanwhile, outgoing Gov. Matt Bevin made some controversial pardon choices as he headed for the door.
James Dailey is running out of options to prove his innocence.
The first death was scheduled for December.
According to the law, the deceased Sedley Alley is the only person who can file a petition for post-conviction DNA testing.
The daughter of the murder victim has accused the state of ignoring her wishes.
A witness and co-defendant is casting doubt on the testimony that sent Ray Cromartie to death row.
Rodney Reed is set to die by lethal injection in less than two weeks.
Daniel Lewis Lee would be the first death row inmate executed by the federal government in 16 years.
Ray Cromartie was scheduled to die on Wednesday. His supporters hope a question of jurisdiction will lead to DNA testing.
A DNA test might show that he didn't fire the shot that killed a clerk in 1994. But the law says he'd be guilty anyway.
Illinois abolished the death penalty in 2011.
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Forensic experts claim there is no way Larry Swearingen raped and killed Melissa Trotter. The state is still putting him to death.
Politicians never hesitate to exploit a tragedy.
We need to leave ourselves room for making good when we inevitably convict the wrong people.
After two decades of mercy, the Justice Department announces five men on federal death row will face lethal injections this winter.
A breathtaking repudiation of his own legacy on criminal justice
"Because the death penalty has repeatedly been handed out in an unreliable and arbitrary manner, it cannot survive the state Constitution’s ban on cruel punishments."
“I wanted to be more than somebody who is the son of a murder victim.”
State lawmakers reached across the aisle for a bipartisan push against capital punishment.
This is the nature of government. It can't stop the flow of illicit substances in a sealed and militarized building that's under its total control.
The bipartisan push to remove capital punishment from state law is moving forward.
The opinion stems from an injunction currently preventing Texas from importing sodium thiopental.
The president thinks executions will help stop the flow of "fentanol" into the United States.
The Supreme Court's efforts to shift procedures in death penalty litigation.
This 1991 Senate floor speech shows Biden's central role in crafting disastrous crime policies.
Equal treatment under the law can mean everyone is treated equally poorly
The bill was introduced by Republicans and co-sponsored by Democrats.
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 last night to grant Patrick Murphy's petition for a stay.
The facts of this case are very similar to those of Dunn v. Ray, a recent ruling in which the Justice let the execution proceed, and thereby attracted a firestorm of criticism.