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

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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1 week, 5 days ago

Joe Biden pardons 39 criminals, commutes 1,500 sentences in largest single-day act of clemency in US history

ABC

US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 Americans who were released from prison and placed in home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. The pardons and commutations, announced by the White House on Thursday, mean Mr Biden now holds the record for the largest single-day act of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Will Donald Trump grant a historic pardon to all January 6 rioters?

Firstpost

As Donald Trump readies for his White House return, his promise to pardon those convicted in the January 6 Capitol riots looms large. During a CNN town hall in 2023, an audience member asked Trump, “Would you pardon the January Sixth rioters that were convicted of federal offences?” Trump replied, “I’m inclined to pardon many of them.” He reiterated this …

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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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2 months, 2 weeks ago

A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It's rarely granted

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Their pleas to spare Robert …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden pardons US military vets convicted under revoked homosexuality law

Al Jazeera

The US president seeks to right ‘historic wrong,’ enabling thousands to apply for pardon, recover lost pay and benefits. President Joe Biden is offering a pardon to military veterans convicted under a now-revoked law that banned homosexuality in the United States armed forces. “Despite their courage and great sacrifice, thousands of LGBTQI+ service members were forced out of the military …

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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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2 years ago

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown explains why she commuted all of her state's death sentences

NPR

Kate Brown explains why she commuted all of her state's death sentences Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP Oregon Gov. Sponsor Message Brown tells Morning Edition's Rachel Martin that the majority of her clemency work has been geared towards moving Oregon towards a more equitable criminal justice system — and notes that a disproportionate number of those …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Court sides with Oregon governor over early prison releases

Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Gov. Two district attorneys, Linn County’s Doug Marteeny and Lane County’s Patricia Perlow, along with family members of crime victims, sued the governor and other state officials earlier this year to stop the clemency actions. While the attorneys and crime victims argued that Brown’s actions were an overreach of …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Europe calls on Texas governor to grant Melissa Lucio clemency as execution looms