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Publication • February 12, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Death Penalty
4. Death Penalty, ICCPR Coalition Report I. Executive Summary Although we welcome the Second and Third Periodic Report of the United States of America to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, we are troubled by its failure to adequately address human rights violations relating to the administration of the death …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Battle Scars - Military Veterans and Death Penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, 2015 The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. The Center provides indepth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for journalists, and …
Publication • February 8, 2016
Filed under: Death Penalty
TX Death Penalty Developments in 2013 TX Coal. to Abolish the Death Penalty 2014 Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2013: The Year in Review A Report by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2013: The Year in Review The Texas Coalition to Abolish …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
In Past Three Years, Governors in Three States Declare Moratorium on Executions by Christopher Zoukis In Past Three Years, Governors in Three States Declare Moratorium on Executions by Christopher Zoukis Three states have imposed moratoriums on the death penalty since 2013, raising to 11 the number of states that still …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Death Penalty, Death Row
Supreme Court Upholds Oklahoma’s Use of New Execution Drug by Derek Gilna Oklahoma death row prisoners filed a § 1983 civil rights lawsuit challenging the use of a new drug by prison officials to put them to death, but their effort fell short in the U.S. Supreme Court. The state …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Supreme Court Sets Aside Florida’s Death Penalty Sentencing Procedure by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, has ruled that Florida’s system of allowing juries to make death penalty recommendations that judges may or may not follow is unconstitutional. According to Justice Sonia Sotomayer, the “jury’s recommendation …
Brief • January 29, 2016
1st Amendment Coalition of Arizona v. Ryan, AZ, Amended Complaint, Midazolam Lethal Injection, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-01447-NVW Document 97 Filed 01/29/16 Page 1 of 60 1 JON M. SANDS Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona 2 DALE A. BAICH (OH Bar No. 0025070) dale_baich@fd.org 3 ROBIN C. KONRAD (AL Bar No. …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Opposition to the Death Penalty Grows with High-Profile Support by Christopher Zoukis Five high-powered, influential individuals have joined the call for abolishing the death penalty and a sixth may soon be joining their ranks, according to insiders in the Obama administration. The list of new capital punishment opponents includes two …
Brief • December 3, 2015
State Board of Pharmacy v. Johnson, OK, Order, Apothecary Shoppe execution drugs, 2016
Article • November 13, 2015
Filed under: Death Penalty
Missouri AG Calls for Return of Gas Chamber by Missouri AG Calls for Return of Gas Chamber “The Missouri death penalty statute has been, in my opinion, unnecessarily entangled in the courts for over a decade,” complained Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, expressing his frustration over the Missouri Supreme Court’s …
Brief • November 13, 2015
State Board of Pharmacy v. Johnson, OK, Complaint, Apothecary Shoppe execution drugs, 2016 BEFORE THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINTAGAINST: ) ) David Kent Johnson, D.Ph. #13429 ) 13405 E 91st St N Owasso, OK 74055-2657 ) ) Case No. I3'7'7 COMPLAINT …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Florida’s IQ Rule for Death Penalty Exemption Unconstitutional by David Reutter Florida’s IQ Rule for Death Penalty Exemption Unconstitutional by David Reutter Florida’s “rigid rule” that requires defendants to have an IQ of 70 or less before they can present mitigating evidence of an intellectual disability “creates an unacceptable risk …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Homicidal Prisoner Fails to Derail Oregon Death Penalty Moratorium by Mark Wilson Homicidal Prisoner Fails to Derail Oregon Death Penalty Moratorium by Mark Wilson By most any standard, Craig Dennis Bjork, 53, meets the definition of an undeniably dangerous person. Apparently unimpressed by his first five murders, one can only …
Article • October 16, 2015
Iran Orders Execution Survivor Hospitalized and Re-Hanged Once Well Enough by Mark Wilson Iran Orders Execution Survivor Hospitalized and Re-Hanged Once Well Enough by Mark Wilson “The horrific prospect of this man facing a second hanging, after having gone through the whole ordeal already once, merely underlines the cruelty and …
Article • October 14, 2015
Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna A report issued by Death Penalty Information Center claims that only 2% of all U.S. counties are responsible for a …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Doctor Involved in Botched Oklahoma Execution Unsuccessfully Sued in Federal Court by Christopher Zoukis Doctor Involved in Botched Oklahoma Execution Unsuccessfully Sued in Federal Court by Christopher Zoukis The family of Oklahoma prisoner Clayton Lockett, whose botched execution caused international outrage, filed a federal lawsuit that accused the doctor who …
Article • June 20, 2015
From Death Row at 16 to Suicide at 45: The Life and Death of Paula Cooper by Liliana Segura From Death Row at 16 to Suicide at 45: The Life and Death of Paula Cooper by Liliana Segura Just before 8 a.m. this past Memorial Day, 45-year-old Paula Cooper decided …
Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson In 2012, 6.98 million Americans were under some form of correctional supervision, with 2.2 million in prison or jail and another 4.8 million on probation or parole, according …
Article • May 24, 2015
South Dakota Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty in Murder of Prison Guard by South Dakota Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty in Murder of Prison Guard On August 13, 2014, the South Dakota Supreme Court in a 4-1 decision affirmed the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a prison …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
When is a Person too Insane to Execute? by Matthew Clarke When is a Person too Insane to Execute? by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing arguments to determine whether a Texas death row prisoner is too mentally ill to execute for murdering his in-laws as …
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