Category Archives: Death Penalty
Abolishing The Death Penalty During Time of COVID
The United States carried out seventeen executions during the pandemic year 2020. Seven of those executions were carried out by five states (Texas, Georgia,…
Arkansas Probably Did Execute An Innocent Man
In a January 28, 2020 post titled “Is Arkansas Governor Responsible for Execution of Innocent Man,” we pointed to the fact that Arkansas Gov.…
A.G. Bill Barr Set to Execute 13 Federal Inmates
For nearly a hundred years, Mitchell Palmer was considered one of the worst U.S. Attorney Generals in American history. He was appointed and confirmed…
Federal Government Cranks Up Executions During Pandemic
The federal government’s July 14, 2020 execution of Daniel Lewis Lee in the federal penal facility at Terre Haute, Indiana—the first and only execution…
Texas High Court Allows Bad Lawyering in Death Penalty Cases
Defending a person charged in a serious criminal case, under the best of circumstances, is a difficult task and an extraordinary professional responsibility. Defending…
Confederacy Death Machine Marched on in 2019
Twenty-two condemned men were put to death in the U.S. in 2019. All but two of the executions were carried out in former Confederate…
Is Arkansas Governor Responsible for Execution of Innocent Man?
Since the U.S. Supreme Court gave its constitutional blessing to the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, the state of Arkansas has executed…
False Testimony Is Legitimate Basis For The Death Penalty in Texas
There are roughly 2.3 million people incarcerated in the U.S. prison system. In 2018, the Chicago Tribune reported that anywhere from 2 to 10…
Rodney Reed: Possibly Innocent Man Faces Death Penalty
The Death Penalty Information Center reports that since 1973, 166 people who had been wrongly convicted in American courtrooms and sentenced to death have…
Texas Executions In 2019: Six Down, Nine More to Go
Texas executed its first prisoner with a single dose of pentobarbital on July 18, 2012. His name was Yokamon Hearn. He was 19 years…
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