CNN — The use and imposition of the death penalty in America saw a continued decline in 2022 as polls showed public support for capital punishment stayed near historic lows, according to a year-end report by the Death Penalty Information Center. Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of all 17 inmates on Oregon’s death row, calling capital punishment “dysfunctional and …
Seven of 20 attempted executions in 2022 were ‘visibly problematic’, research group says, but practice is in decline. Los Angeles, California – While the use of the death penalty continues to decline in the United States, a new report has found that “botched” executions reached a new high this year. In its annual report on the use of capital punishment …
CNN — In 1608, Jamestown colonists executed a man named Capt. “No state that has used the death penalty that long and that often has ever before abolished capital punishment,” Dunham told CNN. Northam pointed to this fact at the bill’s signing last Wednesday, calling the death penalty “fundamentally flawed.” “Capital punishment is a direct descendant of slavery, lynching and …
CNN — Sabrina Smith was only 17 when a predominately White Mississippi jury convicted her in 1989 for fatally beating her 9-month-old son. These individuals should instead serve life sentences without probation or parole,” according to Biden’s “Plan for Strengthening America’s Commitment to Justice.” Led by Pressley and Illinois Rep. Dick Durbin, lawmakers have introduced legislation and cosigned letters to …
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, …
