OKLAHOMA has rolled out plans for its newest morbid killing device for inmates in limbo on death row. Warning: Disturbing. by Rohan Smith WARNING: Disturbing
Category: United States
I witnessed Ohio’s execution of Dennis McGuire. What I saw was inhumane – from The Guardian
I don’t know how any objective observer could come up with any conclusion other than that injection was an evil way to go Lawrence Hummer
Georgia presses US supreme court to overturn Warren Hill’s stay of execution – the Guardian
State claims mentally disabled prisoner is not entitled to a stay, since his arguments have already been rejected in lower courts The state of Georgia
US Court overrules a death sentence as “unconstitutional” – listen online at Democracy Now!
Court Rules Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Death Sentence is Unconstitutional, Grants New Sentencing Hearing The case of Pennsylvania death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal took a surprising turn
America Losing The Urge To Kill – from The Age
Simon Mann, Washington February 12, 2011 Last year, 46 people were executed in America, less than half the number in 1999, the peak year since
Judge to examine if executed man was innocent – from the ABC
A Texas judge will consider this week whether a man the state executed in 2004 for killing his three toddlers in a house fire was
Group Gives Up Death Penalty Work – New York Times
Last fall, the American Law Institute, which created the intellectual framework for the modern capital justice system almost 50 years ago, pronounced its project a
Texas accounts for half of executions in US but now has doubts over death row – The Guardian
Overturned convictions and growth of DNA forensic evidence shake state’s rock-solid faith in capital punishment Chris McGreal in Livingston Sunday 15 November 2009 22.00 GMT
AUSTRALIANS AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 