In brief: February 2023
February 27, 2023
The Death Penalty Information Center reports that the first state killing this year occurred on January 3, when Missouri executed Amber McLaughlin. Texas followed one
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The incomprehensible injustice of the Andre Thomas case
February 27, 2023
The State of Texas plans to execute Andre Thomas on April 5. Throughout his life, Thomas sought treatment for his severe mental illness symptoms, including
Pennsylvania governor continues moratorium; calls on legislature to abolish the death penalty
February 27, 2023
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced earlier this month that he will not sign any execution warrants while he is in office; he will continue the
Poll: Majority of Oklahomans support a moratorium on the death penalty
February 27, 2023
A poll commissioned by Oklahoma Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, released last week, shows that 78% of Oklahoma voters support a moratorium on the
CA AG Rob Bonta establishes a conviction integrity unit
February 27, 2023
In an effort to “remedy cases where there have been miscarriages of justice,” California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced earlier this month that he is
On Demand: “Lethal Injection Lies”: The Myth of the Humane, Painless Execution
February 25, 2023
On Thursday, February 23, 2023, DPF presented a discussion about “Lethal Injection Lies,” the myth that there is a painless, humane way to kill a
Interfaith leaders ask for an independent review of Alabama execution protocol
February 8, 2023
A group of faith leaders is asking Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to appoint an independent review board to investigate the state’s execution protocol, AL.com reports.
Four death-sentenced men challenge Texas’ solitary confinement policy
February 1, 2023
Four men sentenced to death in Texas have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state corrections department alleging that subjecting the 185 men on death
Oklahoma delays seven execution dates, including Richard Glossip’s
January 26, 2023
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted a motion filed by newly-elected Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond to slow down the state’s frenzied plan to
Report reveals Tennessee’s appalling execution protocol
January 25, 2023
2022 was the “year of the botched execution,” according to the Death Penalty Information Center. And now, a 166-page report from a law firm commissioned
CA Supreme Court to give 18-25-year-olds sentenced to lwop a second look
January 25, 2023
The California Supreme Court granted review earlier this month on whether people serving life-without-parole sentences for crimes committed when they were between the ages of
The Kevin Cooper “investigation”
January 25, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order in May 2021, calling for an investigation into Kevin Cooper’s 1985 death penalty conviction for a quadruple
Texas House passes bill barring the death penalty for people with severe mental illness
April 6, 2023
For the third time since 2019, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill barring the death penalty for people with severe mental illness. The
Richard Glossip’s execution date rescheduled for 9th time
April 3, 2023
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion with the state Court of Criminal Appeals to postpone Richard Glossip’s May 18 execution to August
Arizona governor and state Supreme Court in a showdown over executions
March 22, 2023
(Update: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Supreme Court ended a standoff over the execution of Aaron Gunches on Wednesday, after this story was
While we’re on the subject. . .
March 21, 2023
“It is not for nothing that some critics refer to it as the ‘criminal legal system.’ The word ‘justice’ must be earned, and too often,
Crossing the River Styx: The Memoir of a Death Row Chaplain
March 21, 2023
“I was haunted by Russ before I even knew him. I tried to wrap my mind around what it was like to sit across from
In brief: March 2023
March 21, 2023
In Texas, corrections officials executed two men this month, Gary Green and Arthur Brown, Jr. Texas has killed five men this year. With last week’s
Texas withdraws Andre Thomas’s execution warrant
March 21, 2023
A state district judge withdrew the April 5 execution warrant for Andre Thomas earlier this month to give Thomas’s lawyers time to prepare for a
CA Gov. Newsom to turn San Quentin State Prison into “San Quentin Rehabilitation Center”
March 21, 2023
Declaring that he wants to “literally transform this place,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week that San Quentin State Prison will convert from a
South Carolina and Florida want to expand their death penalty statutes
March 7, 2023
Bucking a trend of decreasing support for the death penalty in the United States, Republican-dominated legislatures in South Carolina and Florida are attempting to expand
