GOP Oklahoma Lawmakers Join Call for Death Penalty Execution Pause
By Belen Avelar OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- Three Oklahoma Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Kevin McDugle, have joined a…
Republican-Dominated Florida Legislature Introduces Bill to Return to Pre-2017 Death Penalty Standards
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SPRING HILL, FL – In an opinion piece for the Washington Post, Lizette Alvarez,…
Severely Mentally Ill Man on Texas Death Row Requests Clemency from Governor, Texas Board of Pardons and Parole
By Ivan Villegas AUSTIN, TX – Attorneys for Andre Thomas are requesting to have his sentence of…
Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface
By Amy Berberyan, Vaiva Utaraite and Kimberly Torres BONNE TERRE, MO – A man named Leonard Taylor…
Death Row Attorney Files Legal Action Challenging Texas Use of Expired Execution Drugs
By Leslie Acevedo AUSTIN, TX – Shawn Nolan—an attorney for death row prisoners Wesley Ruiz and John Lezell…
Three Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit against Texas for Planning to Use Expired Execution Drugs in Upcoming Executions
By Rena Abdusalam AUSTIN, TX – If it goes through with its upcoming executions, Texas will allegedly…
DPIC REPORT: Nearly Half of U.S. Death Penalty Executions in 2022 Botched
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Seven of 18 execution attempts nationally in 2022—across six states—were…
Missouri Executes Black Man after Courts Refuse Appeals – Lawmaker Charges ‘Criminal Justice System’ Failed Kevin Johnson
By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng BONNE TERRE, MO – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (MO) has released…
Congressional Representatives Bush and Cleaver Urge Missouri Governor to Grant Clemency to Death Row Inmate Kevin Johnson
By Daniella Dueñas and Caleigh Carlisle WASHINGTON, DC – Since Rep. Cori Bush (MO-01) assumed office in…
Missouri Law Bars Daughter, 19, from Witnessing Father’s Execution
By Paloma Sifuentes and Daniella Dueñas KANSAS CITY, MO – Corionsa “Khorry” Ramey is just 19, but…
Oklahoma Court Rejects Richard Glossip’s Hearing Application, Despite Defense Claim of New Evidence
By Daniella Dueñas OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Thursday denied another request…
4 State Executions Scheduled This Week Across U.S. – Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Oklahoma
By Leila Katibah During the week of Nov.17, four men across the U.S. are scheduled to be…
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…