Author: stephenjkeim

As the proposed date for the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam grows closer, criticism has continued to grow internationally. Among the voices raised have been those

Singapore’s intended execution of Mr Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, a Malaysian man with severe mental disabilities, on Wednesday, 10 November 2021 is a shameful breach of

Despite a delay of more than 6 years since its last execution, Oklahoma botched the execution of John Grant, carried out on 28 October 2021.

To mark World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2021), the Law Council of Australia has released its revised Policy Statement on the Death

To mark the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty, the Human Rights Institute of the International bar Association called for universal abolition of legalised

A number of prosecutors in Utah are coming together to agitate in favour of abolishing the death penalty in that State: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/sl-co-da-building-coalition-of-prosecutors-to-end-the-death-penalty-in-utah and https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-county-attorney-says-he-will-no-longer-seek-the-death-penalty-in-future-court-cases. A

Lawyers for Walter Raglin who was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of musician, Michael Bany, have filed a motion seeking a new trial

Shane Claiborne discusses Pope Francis’s August 2 condemnation of the death penalty and the strange fact that some Christians are proponents of the death penalty