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Death Penalty

Representatives Jeff Leach, Joe Moody, Lacey Hull, Victoria Criado, Rafael Anchia, Toni Rose and James White pray with Melissa Lucio at Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas, where the state houses women on death row.
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Prisons & Policing

Melissa Lucio’s Execution Was Put on Hold, But Threat of Death Penalty Remains

An appeals court paused Melissa Lucio’s execution. Attorneys and organizers are mobilizing to stop it entirely.
by
Victoria Law,
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April 26, 2022
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News
Prisons & Policing

Texas Plans to Execute an Abuse Survivor Based on a Coerced Confession

Melissa Lucio’s conviction hinges on a late-night confession and misrepresentations of trauma.
by
Victoria Law,
Truthout
March 11, 2022
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News
Politics & Elections

Supreme Court Reinstates Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Penalty Sentence

A circuit court ruling in 2020 noted several evidentiary and jury selection issues during Tsarnaev’s sentencing.
by
Chris Walker,
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March 4, 2022
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News
Prisons & Policing

The Supreme Court Just Allowed the Executions of Two Disabled Black Men

Donald Grant and Matthew Reeves were executed after failing to “choose” their own method of death, activists say.
by
Mike Ludwig,
Truthout
January 28, 2022
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News Analysis
Human Rights

It’s Time for Biden to Fulfill His Pledge to End the Federal Death Penalty

Aside from a 2021 moratorium on federal executions, the Biden administration hasn’t taken any steps to end the practice.
by
Alice Kim,
Truthout
January 23, 2022
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Op-Ed
Prisons & Policing

I Survived Death Row, But I’ll Never Escape It

During my 13 years on death row, I saw 12 people executed at the hands of the state. I can’t describe the horror I felt.
by
Renaldo Hudson,
Truthout
December 4, 2021
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Interview
Prisons & Policing

Advocates Demand Stay of Execution for Julius Jones in Oklahoma

Advocates in Oklahoma are rallying outside the barricaded governor’s mansion ahead of the planned Thursday execution.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
November 17, 2021
Truthout
News Analysis
Prisons & Policing

A Decade After the Execution of Troy Davis, 24 States Still Use Death Penalty

11 of the 13 states in the South still have the death penalty on the books despite declining national support.
by
Rebekah Barber,
Facing South
September 26, 2021
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News
Prisons & Policing

DOJ Suspends Federal Executions — But Activists Say Biden Should Go Further

The moratorium on federal executions doesn’t end the death penalty, which Biden campaigned on doing in 2020.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
July 2, 2021
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News
Prisons & Policing

Ayanna Pressley Calls Out Biden’s DOJ for Moving to Reinstate the Death Penalty

The representative sharply criticized the death penalty, calling it “state-sanctioned murder.”
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
June 16, 2021
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