Before Leaving Power, Trump Administration Fights for 1st Execution of a US Woman in Decades
3 years, 11 months ago

Before Leaving Power, Trump Administration Fights for 1st Execution of a US Woman in Decades

News 18  

A legal battle raged Tuesday to decide the fate of a US woman that the government of Donald Trump intends to execute before leaving power, despite doubts about her mental state. If the Republican president’s administration wins, Lisa Montgomery, 52, will receive a lethal injection Tuesday night in Terre Haute, Indiana, and become the first woman to be executed by federal authorities since 1953. On Monday evening, a federal judge granted the defense a victory, ordering a stay of execution to allow time to assess Montgomery’s mental state. “The record before the Court contains ample evidence that Ms. Montgomery’s current mental state is so divorced from reality that she cannot rationally understand the government’s rationale for her execution,” the ruling stated.

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Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row
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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row

The Hindu  

President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Mr. Trump from pushing forward their executions. The president-elect wrote that he would direct the department to pursue the death penalty “as soon as I am inaugurated,” but was vague on what …

Will pursue death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, and monsters', says Trump
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Will pursue death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, and monsters', says Trump

India Today  

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct his Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty to protect Americans from "violent rapists, murderers, and monsters" when he takes power on January 20. Trump's statement on his social media platform Truth Social was in response to President Joe Biden's announcement on Monday that he had commuted the sentences …

Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. The president-elect wrote that he would direct the department to pursue the death penalty “as soon as I am inaugurated,” but was …

Donald Trump declares he'll seek death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, monsters' as he targets Biden
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Donald Trump declares he'll seek death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, monsters' as he targets Biden

Hindustan Times  

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct his Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty to protect Americans from "violent rapists, murderers, and monsters" when he takes power on Jan. 20. Trump's statement on his social media platform Truth Social was in response to President Joe Biden's announcement on Monday that he had commuted the sentences …

Donald Trump declares he'll seek death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, monsters' as he targets Biden
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Donald Trump declares he'll seek death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, monsters' as he targets Biden

Hindustan Times  

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct his Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty to protect Americans from "violent rapists, murderers, and monsters" when he takes power on Jan. 20. Trump's statement on his social media platform Truth Social was in response to President Joe Biden's announcement on Monday that he had commuted the sentences …

Trump promises death penalty for ‘rapists, murderers’ after Biden pardons
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump promises death penalty for ‘rapists, murderers’ after Biden pardons

Al Jazeera  

During his first term in office, Trump oversaw a series of federal executions unparalleled in modern history. United States President-elect Donald Trump has promised to step up the use of the death penalty during his second term in office, saying he will go after “rapists, murderers, and monsters”. Trump’s announcement on Tuesday came after outgoing President Joe Biden used his …

Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office. While running for president in 2020, Biden’s campaign website said he would “work to pass …

Joe Biden commutes 37 of 40 federal death sentences before Trump takes office
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Joe Biden commutes 37 of 40 federal death sentences before Trump takes office

India Today  

US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump on January 20. Biden, who ran for president opposing the death penalty, put federal executions on hold when he took office in January 2021. …

Biden could foil Trump’s plans to resume federal executions
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Biden could foil Trump’s plans to resume federal executions

Politico  

Meanwhile, the Justice Department is also on the verge of publishing the findings of a long-running internal review of the lethal injection protocol that the Trump administration adopted in 2019. “We hope the review will find that the problems with lethal injection are one additional reason as to why President Biden should grant clemency to death row prisoners,” said Ruth …

Trump reveals he'll bring BACK the federal death penalty and expand it to cover these sick crimes... do you agree?
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump reveals he'll bring BACK the federal death penalty and expand it to cover these sick crimes... do you agree?

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump says he will end the Justice Department moratorium on executions on his first day in office, and use the full force of the law to go after major drug dealers and cop killers. And in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Trump laid out more details of his crime-fighting agenda starting with whether he would reverse the Biden-Harris administration's …

Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump’s presidency
1 year, 3 months ago

Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump’s presidency

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple when he was 18, celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz pleaded with then-President Donald Trump — a former client — to call the execution off. The relatives, Trump explained, were on the road to the prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where federal executions …

Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump's presidency
1 year, 3 months ago

Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump's presidency

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. So, unless Biden clears death row, “history will repeat itself” if a …

Report: Executions continued decline but many ‘botched’
2 years ago

Report: Executions continued decline but many ‘botched’

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out during the year were “botched” or highly problematic, an annual report on capital punishment says. “All the indicators point to the continuing decline in capital punishment and the movement away …

The Supreme Court ignores its rulings to keep executions going
2 years, 2 months ago

The Supreme Court ignores its rulings to keep executions going

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court seems determined to execute as many people as possible. In 1986, in Ford v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to execute an “insane” person under the Eighth Amendment and that the principle dated back to common law. In 2017, in Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado, the Supreme Court ruled that clear statements of racial bias by …

Report: 11 executions in 2021 mark three-decade low
3 years ago

Report: 11 executions in 2021 mark three-decade low

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — States and the federal government carried out 11 executions this year, the fewest since 1988, as support for the death penalty has continued to decline. That’s according to an annual report on the death penalty released Thursday, which was also sharply critical of the Supreme Court and its role in green-lighting executions. Pandemic-related disruptions partly accounted for the …

Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed
3 years, 6 months ago

Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Thursday night, saying he was imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department conducts a review of its policies and procedures. It also …

Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed
3 years, 6 months ago

Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Thursday night, saying he was imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department conducts a review of its policies and procedures. It also …

US Justice Department halts federal executions after Donald Trump's administration put 13 people to death
3 years, 6 months ago

US Justice Department halts federal executions after Donald Trump's administration put 13 people to death

ABC  

The US Justice Department has announced a halt on federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which killed 13 people in executions over six months. Key points: Donald Trump's Justice Department resumed federal executions after a 17-year hiatus No president in more than 120 years had overseen so many federal executions There are major …

Attorney General Merrick Garland orders temporary halt of federal executions
3 years, 6 months ago

Attorney General Merrick Garland orders temporary halt of federal executions

CNN  

CNN — Attorney General Merrick Garland has ordered a temporarily halt to federal executions as Justice Department senior officials review the policies and procedures for the controversial punishment. “The Department must take care to scrupulously maintain our commitment to fairness and humane treatment in the administration of existing federal laws governing capital sentences,” Garland wrote in the memo, citing changes …

Charleston church shooter making appellate arguments
3 years, 7 months ago

Charleston church shooter making appellate arguments

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation is making his appellate argument that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned. In a lengthy brief, Roof’s attorneys argue that an appellate court should vacate Roof’s convictions and death sentence, or remand his case to court …

‘We can be sure innocents died’, US death row exonerations show
3 years, 10 months ago

‘We can be sure innocents died’, US death row exonerations show

Al Jazeera  

The Death Penalty Information Center added 11 cases to its “Innocence List” that tracks American death row exonerations on Thursday, bringing the total to 185 and raising concerns over the likelihood more innocents – especially people of colour – will be condemned. “Everybody’s worst fear about capital punishment is that innocent people will be wrongfully convicted and executed,” Robert Dunham, …

82 advocacy groups call on Biden to end federal executions
3 years, 11 months ago

82 advocacy groups call on Biden to end federal executions

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dozens of civil rights and advocacy organizations are calling on …

US civil rights groups call on Biden to end federal executions
3 years, 11 months ago

US civil rights groups call on Biden to end federal executions

Al Jazeera  

A disproportionate number of Black people have been sentenced to death and are on death row, the groups say. Dozens of prominent civil rights groups in the United States are urging US President Joe Biden to reimpose a moratorium on federal executions, saying the practice has disproportionally targeted Black people. Former President Donald Trump had promoted “law and order” during …

The Supreme Court Was Complicit In Donald Trump’s Execution Spree
3 years, 11 months ago

The Supreme Court Was Complicit In Donald Trump’s Execution Spree

Huff Post  

Illustration: Isabella Carapella/Photo: Getty Images At 1:23 a.m. on Saturday, the Trump administration finished its 13th and final execution. From the Trump administration’s first executions in July 2020 to the final ones last week, the Supreme Court sided with the government every time, repeatedly allowing the rushed killings of people with outstanding legal claims. “This unprecedented rush of federal executions …

Dustin Higgs: Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
3 years, 11 months ago

Dustin Higgs: Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 13th death row …

Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution

Associated Press  

— The Trump administration early Saturday carried out its 13th federal execution since July, an unprecedented run that concluded just five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden — an opponent of the federal death penalty. Higgs’ lawyers argued it was “arbitrary and inequitable” to execute Higgs while Willis Haynes, the man who fired the shots that killed the …

Trump administration carries out 13th, final federal execution
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump administration carries out 13th, final federal execution

Al Jazeera  

Number of federal death sentences carried out under Trump since 2020 is more than the previous 56 years combined. The US government carried out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump’s administration early on Saturday just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to end the death penalty. Execution during transition Not since the …

U.S. Executes Dustin Higgs In 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration
3 years, 11 months ago

U.S. Executes Dustin Higgs In 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration

NPR  

Executes Dustin Higgs In 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration Enlarge this image toggle caption Federal Bureau of Prisons/Community Federal Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania via AP Federal Bureau of Prisons/Community Federal Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania via AP The U.S. government has executed Dustin Higgs, the last prisoner to be executed during …

US executes Lisa Montgomery, only female inmate on federal death row in nearly seven decades
3 years, 11 months ago

US executes Lisa Montgomery, only female inmate on federal death row in nearly seven decades

Firstpost  

Terre Haute: A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the US government has put to death a female inmate. “Everyone who participated in the execution of Lisa Montgomery should feel shame.” “The government stopped at nothing in its zeal …

US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953
3 years, 11 months ago

US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Kansas woman was executed …

US Executes First Woman on Federal Death Row In Nearly Seven Decades
3 years, 11 months ago

US Executes First Woman on Federal Death Row In Nearly Seven Decades

News 18  

The U.S. government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, early on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle for her execution by overturning a stay, according to a reporter serving as a media witness. Montgomery’s execution marked the first time the US government has implemented the death sentence for a female prisoner …

U.S. Supreme Court clears way for execution of only woman on federal death row
3 years, 11 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court clears way for execution of only woman on federal death row

The Hindu  

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a stay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for application of the death penalty for the only woman on federal death row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged and mentally ill. Montgomery's execution would mark the first time the U.S. …

For first time in nearly 7 decades, US executes woman death row convict in murder case
3 years, 11 months ago

For first time in nearly 7 decades, US executes woman death row convict in murder case

India Today  

The US government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, early on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle for her execution by overturning a stay, according to a reporter serving as a media witness. Montgomery's execution marked the first time the US government has implemented the death sentence for a female prisoner …

Federal Judge Halts Executions For 2 Men Recently Diagnosed With COVID-19
3 years, 11 months ago

Federal Judge Halts Executions For 2 Men Recently Diagnosed With COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A federal judge on Tuesday halted executions for two men scheduled to be killed later this week, both of whom are recovering from the coronavirus. “The court is deeply concerned that the government intends to execute two prisoners who are suffering from COVID-19 infection, particularly given that the disease impacts individuals in drastically different ways and can …

US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953
3 years, 11 months ago

US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953

Associated Press  

— A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate. “Everyone who participated in the execution of Lisa Montgomery should feel shame.” “The government stopped at nothing in its zeal to …

US courts delay all federal executions scheduled this week
3 years, 11 months ago

US courts delay all federal executions scheduled this week

Al Jazeera  

A US judge ordered the Justice Department to delay the executions of two condemned murderers until at least March 16 to allow them to recover from COVID-19, hours after a federal judge in Indiana blocked Tuesday’s scheduled execution of the only woman on federal death row in the United States, citing mental health. Their lawyers argued execution Convicted murderer Lisa …

U.S. carries out its first execution of female inmate since 1953
3 years, 11 months ago

U.S. carries out its first execution of female inmate since 1953

LA Times  

Lisa Montgomery was convicted of killing a 23-year-old woman in the northwest Missouri town of Skidmore in 2004. “The craven bloodlust of a failed administration was on full display tonight,” Montgomery’s attorney, Kelley Henry said in a statement. “Everyone who participated in the execution of Lisa Montgomery should feel shame.” “The government stopped at nothing in its zeal to kill …

US appeals court reverses order to delay woman’s execution
4 years ago

US appeals court reverses order to delay woman’s execution

Al Jazeera  

Decision allows for future hearings to decide the fate of the only woman on US federal death row, Lisa Montgomery. US District Court Judge Randolph Moss had ruled that the Justice Department’s Federal Bureau of Prisons unlawfully rescheduled Montgomery’s execution for January 12 – and he vacated that decision. Robert Dunham, the DPIC’s executive director, said on Twitter that Montgomery’s …

People Are Not Paying Attention To The Trump Administration’s Execution Spree
4 years ago

People Are Not Paying Attention To The Trump Administration’s Execution Spree

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Trump administration has executed 10 people over the last five months — the first federal executions in nearly two decades. Although the Trump administration’s spate of executions has not attracted widespread national attention, it has mobilized death penalty opponents to ramp up pressure on the incoming Biden administration to put an end to the practice. That …

Federal executions exceed state executions for the first time
4 years ago

Federal executions exceed state executions for the first time

LA Times  

For the first time in history, the U.S. government has carried out more executions in a year than all states that still conduct executions, according to an annual report on the death penalty released Wednesday. The Trump administration has three more executions scheduled ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who opposes the death penalty. The newly …

Donald Trump's administration carries out more executions in 2020 than death penalty states
4 years ago

Donald Trump's administration carries out more executions in 2020 than death penalty states

ABC  

For the first time in history, the US Government has carried out more executions in a year than those carried out by states that still conduct executions, according to an annual report on the death penalty released on Wednesday. Key points: Executions carried out by US states in 2020 dwindled to just seven due to the COVID-19 pandemic Donald Trump's …

US executes second death row inmate in two days
4 years ago

US executes second death row inmate in two days

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A death row inmate was executed on Friday, the second …

Trump Administration Executes Brandon Bernard After Jurors Plead For His Life
4 years ago

Trump Administration Executes Brandon Bernard After Jurors Plead For His Life

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Trump administration executed 40-year-old Brandon Bernard on Thursday, his punishment for acting as an accomplice to a crime when he was 18 years old. “Today, the Court allows the Federal Government to execute Brandon Bernard, despite Bernard’s troubling allegations that the Government secured his death sentence by withholding exculpatory evidence and knowingly eliciting false testimony against …

US set to execute 1st of 5 inmates before Biden inauguration
4 years, 1 month ago

US set to execute 1st of 5 inmates before Biden inauguration

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I can’t imagine how they feel about losing …

U.S. carries out rare execution during presidential transition
4 years, 1 month ago

U.S. carries out rare execution during presidential transition

LA Times  

The Trump administration on Thursday carried out its ninth federal execution of the year and the first during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years, putting to death a Texas street-gang member for his role in the slayings of a religious couple from Iowa more than two decades ago. “I wish that we could all go back and change it.” …

Kim Kardashian West urges Trump to stay Brandon Bernard execution
4 years, 1 month ago

Kim Kardashian West urges Trump to stay Brandon Bernard execution

Al Jazeera  

Advocates across the political spectrum call on Trump to commute Bernard’s sentence, citing issues with trial, his age. Advocates on Wednesday denounced the planned execution of Brandon Bernard and called on President Donald Trump to commute Bernard’s sentence to life in prison. West said she would spend the next 24 hours tweeting about Bernard’s case “and why his life should …

Editorial: Trump’s rush to execute prisoners proves the death penalty is arbitrary
4 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: Trump’s rush to execute prisoners proves the death penalty is arbitrary

LA Times  

Every presidential administration rushes to rack up a last few accomplishments as it enters its final weeks, but at no time in U.S. history has the race to finish an agenda also included killing a slew of federal prisoners. Since July, when the federal government executed the first prisoner in nearly two decades, it has used lethal injections to kill …

Trump is on a death row killing spree: Bill Barr now wants to bring back firing squads
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump is on a death row killing spree: Bill Barr now wants to bring back firing squads

Salon  

The Trump administration is rushing to execute an unprecedented number of people before President-elect Joe Biden, an opponent of the death penalty, takes office on January 20. The last time a federal execution was carried out under a "lame duck" president was in 1889, after President Grover Cleveland lost his first bid at reelection, the Death Penalty Information Center reports. …

U.S. To Execute Only Woman On Federal Death Row 8 Days Before Biden Inauguration
4 years, 1 month ago

U.S. To Execute Only Woman On Federal Death Row 8 Days Before Biden Inauguration

Huff Post  

Lisa Montgomery, a federal prison inmate scheduled for execution on Jan. 12, 2021, poses at the Federal Medical Center Fort Worth in an undated photograph, courtesy of her lawyers. Handout/Reuters Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is set to be executed on Jan. 12, just days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who has pledged to …

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