Oregon’s Death Row only has around 35 inmates, a very small number when compared to neighboring California with its Death Row population of 719 people.   We don’t hear much about the death penalty in Oregon — after all Oregon hasn’t executed anyone since 1997. 

Gary Haugen is changing all that.  As an Oregon Death…

Troy Davis sits on Georgia’s Death Row today with less and less hope to escape execution. 

This week, the United States Supreme Court declined Troy Davis’ request to review the determination by federal trial judge William T. Moore Jr. that the evidence Mr. Davis has accumulated to prove he is innocent of the crime for which…

Scheduling executions for various states in this country continues to be in flux, primarily due to this continuing problem of having Hospira exit the marketplace as the supplier of sodium thiopental, a necessary component to the three-drug lethal injection method of execution. 

However, the Death Penalty Information Center is doing a fine job of keeping…

We’ve posted about the case of Texas Death Row Hank Skinner before: his case is now before the United States Supreme Court, where the High Court is considering if Skinner has a legal right to pursue a case in the civil system, in order to test evidence that was not tested at his criminal trial.…

Virginia Death Row inmate Teresa Lewis, 41, has ordered her Last Meal:  fried chicken, sweet peas, and either German chocolate cake or apple pie for dessert, along with a Dr.Pepper.  Despite the efforts of lots of folk – including author John Grisham, for example – Teresa Lewis will die by lethal injection at the…

In Kentucky, over 22 years ago, Gregory L. Wilson was sentenced to death for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Deborah Pooley.  A co-defendant is serving a life sentence. 

Gregory Wilson should not be executed, many agree, but the grounds for stopping his execution are separate and strong:  there are those arguing against Wilson’s execution because of his mental …

Yesterday, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland used his executive power of clemency and stopped the execution of Ohio Death Row inmate Kevin Keith.  In his statement, Governor Strickland states (read it in full here) (emphasis added):

Yet, despite the evidence supporting his guilt and the substantial legal review of Mr. Keith’s conviction, many legitimate questions have

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Troy Davis has the eyes of the world on his situation, as he sits on Georgia’s Death Row proclaiming his innocence.  We’ve posted before about the variety of celebrities and notables who have actively worked toward freeing a man that they believe is innocent. People like the Pope.  Former US President Jimmy Carter.  Bishop Desmond Tutu. 

It’s…