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…
CA Opponents of Death Penalty Look to Alternatives, from Abolition to Reducing Size of Death Row – New Laws to Ban Executions Introduced
By Luke Kyaw and Mathew Seibert SACRAMENTO, CA – The Golden State has had a long, conflicted…
Judge in Rodney Reed Death Row Evidentiary Hearing Condemned by Innocence Project
By Amy Berberyan AUSTIN, TX – This past week, the Innocence Project released a statement condemning Judge…
CA Governor Reaffirms Plan to Move Condemned, Dismantling Nation’s Largest Death Row
By Stacie Guevara SACRAMENTO, CA – California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is planning to move all…
Death Penalty Abolition Group Charges Wrongful Conviction Rates Mean U.S. Should Abolish the Death Penalty
By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA – One in every 8.3 people put on death row has…
Oklahoma Death Row Man Hopes for Stay of Execution as Questions of Mental Competency Grow
By Katherine Coviello and Sophia Barberini PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK – Wade Greeley Lay, on death row in…
ACLU Asks US Supreme Court to Review Status of Georgia Death Row Prisoner with Intellectual Disability
By Amy Berberyan WASHINGTON, DC — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is asking for the U.S….
Six Men on Oklahoma Death Row File Injunctions to Halt Executions on Basis of Being Required to Choose Own Execution Method
By Amy Fullerton and Casey Rawlings OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – As of late October 2021, six men…
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Arizona Exoneration as Wrongful Conviction Investigations Rise
By Allison Hodge WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on a…
Poll Finds Majority Support Commutation of Death Row Prisoner Julius Jones
By Alexander Ramirez and Esme Lipton OKLAHOMA – In a survey of 500 registered voters conducted in…
Governor Orders Independent Investigation of Kevin Cooper Case
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – While the death penalty has effectively ceased in California, there…
Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs Talk about What Client’s Freedom Could Mean to Future of Death Penalty
By Roxanna Jarvis SAN FRANCISCO – In an interview conducted by The Davis Vanguard, lawyers Tony Serra…
“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Incarcerated writer Rashaan Thomas recently shared an excerpt…
6 Individuals on San Quentin’s Death Row Died of Coronavirus, Shortage of Firefighters due to CDCR Quarantines
By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag California firefighting forces are still lacking in numbers after four…
“Clemency:” Exposing the Machinery of Death
The emotional and psychological toll of the death penalty on the people forced to carry it out…
