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Oklahoma to carry out 25th and final execution in U.S. this year
5 days, 5 hours ago

Oklahoma to carry out 25th and final execution in U.S. this year

Raw Story  

An Oklahoma man who killed a 10-year-old girl is to be put to death on Thursday in the 25th and final execution in the United States this year. Kevin Ray Underwood, who turns 45 on Thursday, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 10:00 am Central Time at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Underwood, a grocery store clerk, …

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California governor will not make clemency decision for Menendez brothers until new DA reviews case
1 month ago

California governor will not make clemency decision for Menendez brothers until new DA reviews case

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he won’t make a clemency decision on the murder convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez until newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the nearly 35-year-old case. Gascón, who was supported by Newsom, lost reelection this month, so the governor said he would give the incoming district attorney time …

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Joe Biden Can Preemptively Halt One Brutal Trump Policy
54 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden Can Preemptively Halt One Brutal Trump Policy

Slate  

There are 40 men on federal death row who have been convicted of capital offenses by the federal government going back as far as 1993. Unlike his predecessor, he has not carried out any federal executions, but, as the Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig explains, “neither has he instructed Garland to stop pursuing new death sentences, or to stop defending ongoing capital …

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Court appeal, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence
3 months, 1 week ago

Court appeal, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence

The Independent  

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Texas set to execute Ramiro Gonzales for 2001 murder
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Texas set to execute Ramiro Gonzales for 2001 murder

Raw Story  

"Texas set to execute Ramiro Gonzales for 2001 murder" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. In a statement on Monday, Gonzales’ attorneys, Thea Posel and Raoul Schonemann, called their client “a man who today is, in almost …

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Clemency rejected for man scheduled to be 1st person executed in Georgia in more than 4 years
9 months ago

Clemency rejected for man scheduled to be 1st person executed in Georgia in more than 4 years

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s parole board has rejected clemency for a condemned man set to die Wednesday night, clearing the way for the state’s first execution in more than four years. After a hearing held behind closed doors, the Georgia Parole Board denied Pye’s request for clemency, the agency announced late Tuesday. Pye’s lawyers called the man’s trial “a shocking relic …

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Missouri carries out first US execution of a transgender person
1 year, 11 months ago

Missouri carries out first US execution of a transgender person

Al Jazeera  

Amber McLaughlin, convicted of murder, was executed by lethal injection after being denied clemency. A Missouri inmate was put to death on Tuesday for a 2003 killing in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender person in the United States. But McLaughlin’s sexual identity was “not the main focus” of the clemency request, her lawyer, Larry …

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EXPLAINER: How Julius Jones’ execution was stopped
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: How Julius Jones’ execution was stopped

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Julius Jones’ execution was halted Thursday, less than four hours before he was scheduled to receive a lethal injection following outcry over doubts about evidence at his murder trial nearly 20 years ago. Instead of allowing the execution to proceed, Stitt said he was commuting Jones’ sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors …

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