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Execution of Ohio Man Continues Switch to Alternative Lethal Drugs
Apr 12th 2011 – 1:21PM
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Ohio executed its second inmate with the surgical sedative pentobarbital today, continuing the move by several states away from the long-used drug sodium thiopental, which is in short supply in death chambers around the country. Clarence Carter, 49, was put to death by injection this morning at the Southern Ohio...
Amnesty International: Executions Down 25 Percent Worldwide [VIDEO]
Mar 29th 2011 – 12:28PM
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Illinois Governor Abolishes Capital Punishment, Empties Death Row
Mar 9th 2011 – 3:58PM
Seth Perlman, AP
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois abolished the death penalty Wednesday, more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people could be put to death by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 men. Gov. Pat Quinn also commuted the sentences of all 15 inmates remaining...
Pat Quinn Signs Illinois Death Penalty Ban: 15 Other States Where Capital Punishment Is Forbidden
Mar 9th 2011 – 1:10PM
Gov. Pat Quinn has abolished capital punishment in Illinois. Joined by government colleagues and supporters, the Democratic governor signed a bill outlawing the state's death penalty this afternoon at an intimate ceremony at his Springfield office, the Chicago Tribune reported. The ban comes 11 years after Republican...
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David A. Love: American Trifecta: Broken Political, Economic and Justice Systems
May 31st 2012 - 02:44PM
People are losing faith in a number of America's institutions because these institutions are failing miserably.
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WHERE ARE WE GETTING OUR DRUGS?
May 30th 2012 - 12:22PM
California prison officials are trying to keep possession of a scarce lethal injection drug, contesting a federal court order making it illegal to use "foreign manufactured" sodium thiopental.
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Ronald Smith, Canadian On Death Row: Board Recommends Against Clemency
May 21st 2012 - 07:13PM
A Canadian on death row in Montana for killing two men 30 years ago was dealt a major blow Monday in his bid to avoid execution.
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Chinese tycoon jailed after death sentence revoked
May 21st 2012 - 07:08AM
BEIJING -A former Chinese tycoon who was convicted of illegally raising money for her business was sentenced Monday to prison after China's supreme court overturned a death sentence following a public outcry.
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Jess Coleman: Is the Death Penalty Ever Justified?
May 18th 2012 - 08:50AM
Yemen, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, China, Sudan.
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- 06/01/12 Streamlining Capital Punishment Endangers the Innocent Source: Innocence Blog This fall, residents of California will vote on an initiative to abolish capital punishment in the state.
- 06/01/12 Lingering death penalty case takes toll on family Source: Greene County Daily World - Linton IN COVINGTON, Ky. Gayle Williamson Cummings and Michelle Hubert sat just feet apart, separated by an aisle and a security guard.
- 06/01/12 Calaveras County District Attorney candidate Barbara... Source: Calaveras Enterprise - San Andreas CA Any relevant biographical history: Married, one child, two dogs and a cat; Member of: 1.
- 06/01/12 News Blog: Parents, Eagle Forum furious at 'Dead Man'... Source: Salt Lake City Weekly - Salt Lake City UT A high school production of Tim Robbins' play, based on his 1995 movie, Dead Man Walking , has earned the Utah Eagle Forum-supported wrath of some Bingham High School students' parents.
- 06/01/12 A tip for would-be Virginia murderers: kill extra... Source: Sentencing Law Policy The cynical title to this post is prompted by this new AP story , which is headlined "Virginia inmate escapes death sentence by admitting to another killing."
Background on death penalty
Capital punishment, the death penalty, death sentence, or execution is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.
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