President Trump Moves to Revive Federal Executions
WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Pam Bondi distributed several memos to employees of the Department of Justice…
U.S. Attorney Details Immediate Revival of Federal Death Penalty
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi wrote to staff last week about the revival of…
Trump Issues First-Day Executive Orders to Bring Back Federal Death Penalty
WASHINGTON, DC – The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) reported that President Donald Trump Monday on his…
COURT WATCH: Death Penalty Ruled Out in Federal Case against Aryan Brotherhood – Defense Attorney Calls DP ‘Barbaric,’ ‘Discriminatorily Applied’
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – The Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, charged with prison murders and other…
DOJ Amends Capital Crimes Section, Federal Capital Habeas Project Responds
By Ramneet Singh WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Capital Habeas Project put out a statement this week…
MASS DEATHS: Execution Spree Over Last Year Highlights Flaws in Federal Death Penalty System
By Anna Zheng and Ankita Joshi WASHINGTON DC – Daniel Lewis Lee was sentenced to death and…
Letter Urges Biden To Commute Everyone on Federal Death Row
By Cori Bush and Ayanna Pressley The letter was co-signed by more than 35 members of Congress…
Trump Administration Executes 3rd Person in Less Than Week, Just Days Before Inauguration – Biden Promised to End Slaughter
By Alana Bleimann and Aziza Nussipov TERRA HAUTE, IN – After petitioning for a writ of habeas…
Latest Federal Execution and Trump Administration Killing Spurs Legislation to Ban Federal Death Penalty
By Anika Khubchandani WASHINGTON – The Trump execution spree—three people were due to be killed this week…
Trump Administration Rushes to Execute Three More People Prior to Inauguration Day
By William McCurry TERRA HAUTE, IN – Despite other political events – like the Capitol assault by…
National, State Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Urge Trump to Grant Clemency for Those on Federal Death Row, End U.S. Death Penalty
By Julian Navarro Current and former elected prosecutors, attorneys general, U.S. attorneys and Dept. of Justice officials…
Eighth Federal Execution This Year Scheduled Nov. 19 Despite Claims of Prosecutorial Misconduct
By Julian Verdon TERRA HAUTE, IN – Decades ago, an all-white jury sentenced Orlando Hall, who is…
Attorney Argues Latest Trump Administration Execution Is an Injustice – 7th in 3 Months
By Martimeano Villa TERRA HAUTE, IN – On September 24 at 6:42 p.m. ET, Christopher André Vialva’s…
Trump Administration Ignores Plea by Navajo Nation, Executes 1st Native American in Modern History
By Shellsea Lomeli TERRE HAUTE, IN – The first federal execution of a Native American in modern…
Only Native American on U.S. Death Row Set for Execution Next Week – Despite Navajo Opposition, Calls of Racial Bias and Violation of Tribal Sovereignty
By Linh Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. – As his scheduled execution day looms, now set for Aug. 26,…
Death Row Prisoner Wesley Purkey Suffering from Alzheimer’s – Incompetent for Execution?
By Yuanqi Ivy Zhou Washington, D.C. – Wesley Purkey is scheduled for federal execution Wednesday, despite his…
1,000 Plus Faith Leaders Oppose Trump Admin’s Decision to Resume Executions Shortly
By Nikki Suzani WASHINGTON DC – After 17 years, the Trump administration is restarting federal execution in…
The Supreme Court Gives Federal Executions the Go-Ahead
By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider WASHINGTON DC – The Supreme Court rejected a petition contesting the recently enacted federal…