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Tahla Burki, writing in the medical magazine, The Lancet, draws on the Amnesty International annual report on executions around the world to draw a generally

Amnesty International’s annual report shows that China (whose number of executions is unknown), Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia were the five countries who carried

A story of injustice from 1890s Darwin comes with a collection of amazing drawings. Charlie Flannigan, the first person to be executed in the Northern

The Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee voted on Friday in support of a bill to abolish the death penalty in tha State. The six Republican members

Attorney-General and lawmakers in Ohio consider moves to abolish the death in that state: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/state-news/attorney-general-says-ohios-death-penalty-system-breaking-down/

The Judiciary Committee of Nevada’s House of Assembly has introduced a bill to abloish the death penalty in that state. The committee chair, Steve Yeagar,

In this startling article, Ed Pilkington documents how Republican governed states in the US are paying huge sums on the black market to obtain, illegally,

Ohio Attorney-General, Dave Yost, a former prosecutor, suggests that it may be time to get rid of the death penalty: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/04/06/ohio-ag-clear-death-penalty-roadblocks-or-get-rid-of-it/?fbclid=IwAR2TbT9byc2GOSHwt7dO_nOVWDVE625_Yn_Ynyj1mJW7JDrRyXLlFxFv0dc