David M. Dozier: All executions are political
Augusta Free Press· 1 day agoAt his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate on Feb. 22, President Biden’s pick for attorney general continued the Democratic Party’s slow walk...
With Northam’s signature, Virginia will become first Southern state to abolish the death penalty
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 5 days agoVirginia is on the verge of becoming the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty after...
OPINION | ELIZABETH BRUENIG: End federal death penalty
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 6 days agoThere would be no other federal execution for the next 17 years. Vigorous public advocacy, exonerations of dozens of death row inmates and a break in the nation's fever over crime had precipitously ...
Oklahoma to resume executions years after death-chamber mishaps
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGov. Kevin Stitt, Attorney General Mike Hunter and Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Scott...
Oklahoma to resume lethal injections after plan to use gas for executions stalls
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe state had been developing a new execution protocol in which it would instead asphyxiate inmates using nitrogen gas, a plan Attorney General Mike Hunter unveiled in 2018.
US to resume federal executions after 16-year break
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe US government will resume its use of capital punishment after a 16-year hiatus and has set execution dates for five convicted murderers, Attorney...
Oklahoma to resume injection executions, 5 years after drug mix-ups, national ridicule
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOklahoma will resume executions by the lethal injection method, officials said Thursday. The surprise announcement ...
Why the Justice Department's Plan to Use a Single Drug for Lethal Injections Is Controversial
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAttorney General William Barr’s surprise announcement that the federal government would resume ...
US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Justice Department said Thursday the federal government will resume executing death-row inmates...
Top US court blocks resumption of federal executions -- for now
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe US Supreme Court on Friday refused to lift a stay on federalexecutions, temporarily thwarting...