Governor’s Mansion ‘Don’t Kill for Me’ Demonstration Protest Scheduled for Thursday Oklahoma Execution of Brain-Damaged Richard Fairchild
By Paloma Sifuentes and Leslie Acevedo OKLAHOMA CITY, OK: The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty…
Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One
By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX – Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row,…
Another Glossip Execution Reprieve after Claims of Prosecutorial Misconduct
By Amy Berberyan and Talia Kruger OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has issued an…
Attorneys in Death Row Prisoner Appeal Demand Audiotapes from Controversial Evidentiary Hearing
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez AUSTIN, TX- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has received a request from death…
Federal Prison Refuses to Send Death Row Man with Disabilities to Oklahoma to Be Executed
By The Vanguard Staff OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Earlier this week, a man slated for execution soon…
Chief Stankewitz Moves a Step Closer to Freedom with Judge’s Order
By Robert J. Hansen Almost two weeks ago, a California judge ordered the state of California and…
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Denies Clemency for Death Row’s Benjamin Cole – Defense Team Turns to Other Venues
By Naya Wiezel OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Benjamin Cole, a death row inmate, was denied clemency by…
Glossip Lawyers File 2nd Petition to Oklahoma Appeals Court Asserting Evidence of Informant’s Efforts to Recant Were Withheld from Glossip Attorneys
By Rena Abdusalam OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Lawyers for death row inmate Richard Glossip filed a Brady…
Clemency Petition Filed on Behalf of Disabled Man on Oklahoma Death Row Claims Execution Would Be ‘Inhumane Spectacle’
By Leila Katibah & Wayne Chan OKLAHOMA CITY – “Mercilessly executing a man this disabled would be…
Former GOP Lawmaker, Victim, Former Corrections Chief Urge Governor to Commute Thursday Death Sentence
By The Vanguard Staff OAKLOMA CITY, OK – James Coddington is due to be executed here Thursday,…
Petition Filed, OK Lawmakers Urge Clemency for Glossip, Now on Death Row
By Amy Berberyan OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Death row inmate Richard Glossip’s attorneys filed a clemency petition…
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Recommends Clemency for James Coddington – Up to Governor Now
By Vanguard Staff OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to Wednesday…
New Evidence Leads Attorney to Urge New Court Trial for Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip
By Amy Berberyan OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – After an investigation yielded new evidence concerning the case for…
Drunk Lawyer Grossly Misrepresented Black Man Now on Death Row, Appeal Claims
By Amy Berberyan OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Based on evidence that his court-appointed trial lawyer was…
Arizona Superior Court Rules Death Row Prisoner Competent to Be Executed Despite Documents of Mental Illness
By Alex Jimenez PINAL COUNTY, AZ – The plan to execute Clarence Dixon will move forward after…
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Orders All Scheduled Lethal Injection Executions Temporarily Halted through 2022
By Gracy Joslin NASHVILLE, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Monday temporarily halted the lethal injection of…
Lawyers Criticize Decision by AZ Supreme Court to Set May Execution Date for Disabled, Mentally Ill Man
By Vanguard Staff PHOENIX, AZ – An attorney for Arizona death row prisoner Clarence Dixon criticized an…
Texas Man on Death Row Wins U.S. Supreme Court Case to Have Pastor at Execution
By Sofia Leguria and Shady Gonzales WASHINGTON, DC – A week ago, the Supreme Court of the…
Newsom Kills Death Row
By Adrian G. Torres Published by the Mule Creek Post In a January 31, 2022 press conference,…
Melissa Lucio – Facing April Execution – Seeks Recusal of Judge and District Attorney; Her Former Attorney Now DA in Opposing Office
By Ashleen Herrarte and Mathew Seibert BROWNSVILLE, TX – The defense team for Melissa Lucio – scheduled…
