Category: Death Penalty
Hours Before Scheduled Execution, Jimmy Meders is Granted Clemency
We are overjoyed that at 1:00 pm yesterday, a mere 6 hours before he was…
READ MORE >Georgia Must Test the DNA Evidence in Imminent Scheduled Execution
In just two days, on Wednesday, November 13th, Georgia state officials have scheduled an execution…
READ MORE >Every Defendant Deserves a Trial Free of Race Discrimination
In September of 2017, Keith “Bo” Tharpe came within hours of execution; the Supreme Court…
READ MORE >When a Lawyer’s Conflict Can Be Fatal
“A deeply troubling truth about the death penalty is that it is often handed down…
READ MORE >Clemente Aguirre is the Nation’s 164th Death Row Exoneree
Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin, 38, walked out of a Florida detention facility on the afternoon of November…
READ MORE >Tennessee Plans to Execute Edmund Zagorski in Electric Chair Tonight
Tonight, in Tennessee, barring any last minute intervention, Edmund Zagorski will be strapped into an…
READ MORE >South Dakota Executes an Intellectually Disabled Man
Growing up, Rodney Berget had some trouble fitting in. His home life was troubled; he…
READ MORE >Last Week, Texas Executed 2 Men in 24 Hours
Last week, two Texans were executed by lethal injection within a 24-hour period. From conviction…
READ MORE >Death Sentences are Dwindling in Georgia, In Favor of a Different Kind of Death Sentence: Life in Prison Without the Possibility of Parole
It has been 4 years since a jury in the state of Georgia handed down…
READ MORE >Former Prosecutors and Others File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Support of Johnny Lee Gates
Yesterday, a unique group of former prosecutors, a former judge, and a civil rights attorney…
READ MORE >Newly Discovered Prosecutors’ Notes Reveal Blatant Race Discrimination in Capital Jury Selection
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the Georgia Innocence Project filed a supplement…
READ MORE >Alabama Botches Doyle Lee Hamm’s Execution
Last Thursday, the state of Alabama attempted to execute Doyle Lee Hamm. Hamm, whom we…
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