Justice Department: If FDA Regulated Execution Drugs, They Would Ban Them
The Justice Department drafted an opinion arguing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may not ban or regulate drugs used to execute prisoners.
Supreme Court Deems Torture Of Prisoners During Executions Permissible
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Missouri may use lethal injection against a prisoner with a medical condition that will cause him to choke to death on his blood.
New Hampshire Governor Invokes Police And Victims To Justify Vetoing Death Penalty Abolition Bill—But They Support It
New Hampshire’s governor vows to veto a repeal of the death penalty because he “stands with” police and victims’ survivors even though they support the legislation.
Oklahoma Will Be First State To Experiment With Nitrogen Gas In Executions
Oklahoma will execute prisoners using an experimental method never before attempted anywhere in the world: nitrogen hypoxia. Mike Hunter, the state’s attorney general, and Joe M. Allbaugh, the director of the department of corrections, announced Oklahoma will asphyxiate prisoners by locking them in a chamber that will fill with a
Upcoming Execution Of Keith Leroy Tharpe Illustrates Legacy Of Lynching In US
Court filings from juror interviews reveal that one juror voted for Tharpe’s death because he was black.
CA Prison Records Show Officials Downplayed Botched Executions, Understated Lethal Injection Costs
The more than 12,000 pages of documents released by CDCR reveal how the state planned to continue executing prisoners in light of a drug shortage.
Faced With Exonerated Man, Clinton Invokes Terrorism To Defend Death Penalty
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was asked by Ricky Jackson, a black man wrongfully convicted of murder who spent 39 years in prison, how she could support the death penalty, despite serious problems with it. Struggling to maintain his composure, he mentioned he was imprisoned on death row and came
Oklahoma About To Execute An Innocent Man, Activists Warn (VIDEO)
Democracy Now: Time is running out for Richard Glossip. The state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Glossip on Wednesday night, but his legal team is pushing for a new review of the case, saying the state is about to kill an innocent man.
U.S. Rejects Recommendations Aimed at Ending Systematic Human Rights Abuses
On September 1, the United States government rejected several recommendations from countries which suggested how the U.S. could better uphold human rights. Rejected recommendations included abolishing the death penalty, ending spying on private communications of people of the world, and allowing foreign aid to assist rape victims in war zones who need access to safe abortions.
State Appeals After Federal Judge Halts Mississippi Executions
The state government of Mississippi appealed a federal judge’s temporary restraining order against the use of two execution drugs, which effectively brought executions to a halt. Even if the state’s appeal fails, the death penalty in Mississippi would remain entirely intact.