In Florida, things remain in limbo regarding the current (and revised) Florida death penalty statute because the Florida Supreme Court ended its 2016 term without deciding on the pending death penalty challenge.
Florida Death Penalty Statute: Is It Unconstitutional?
Which means that for now, and for months to come, Florida prosecutors as well as Florida capital
There are now two seasons of CNN’s documentary series Death Row Stories, where each episode focuses upon a single case and Death Row Inmate. It’s produced by Robert Redford and Susan Sarandon is the narrator.
CNN’s "Death Row Stories" Documentary Available Online
You can watch all twelve episodes for free online at
It’s been about a year since Time Magazine put the Death Penalty on its cover, with an analysis of capital punishment in this country and the reasons why the Death Penalty is dying here.
Let’s Read It Again and Consider What’s Happened.
It’s a good read. Now, here’s the question — does it
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would hear a case coming out of Texas, where a man was sentenced to die over 36 years ago.
Bobby James Moore faced a jury and a death penalty sentence back in 1980 for the killing of a store employee during an armed robbery
Each year, people who are opposed to the death penalty in this country come to the nation’s capital to make their position known to the Powers that Be.
Fast and Vigil Begins on June 29
This year, beginning on June 29, 2016, and continuing through to July 2, 2016, they will be gathered at
The problem with lethal injection executions these days is that demand exceeds supply. In a big, big way.
Louisiana Death Penalty On Hold Because of Drug Supply for Lethal Injections
So much so that the State of Louisiana has put all its scheduled executions on hold while federal proceedings move forward that challenge the state’s
Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two opinions that deal with capital punishment in this country.
May 31 SCOTUS Death Penalty Opinions: Tucker and Lynch
Read them here:
The
Over on Goodreads, there is a list of books on the death penalty, putting together both fiction and non-fiction together in order of popularity.
Death Penalty Book List from Goodreads
For those who like to read about death penalty issues and capital punishment, here are the top ten on this Goodreads list — how many
This week, Pfizer banned the use of its drug products in U.S. executions — or anywhere else for that matter. Pfizer isn’t setting precedent here, as much as getting in line behind almost two dozen other drug manufacturers that have already announced a company ban on the capital punishment market.
Pfizer Bans Use of Seven