Death Penalty
Julius Jones Is Scheduled to Die Today
If Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt does not grant clemency, Julius Jones will die by lethal injection at 4 p.m. Central Time.
Julius Jones Has 2 More Days to Live
Oklahoma is set to carry out an execution Thursday despite the parole board telling them not to. Twice.
Death Row Inmates Sue Japan Over ‘Inhumane’ Same-Day Executions
Prisoners who are sentenced to death “wake up each morning thinking ‘today could be the day,’” a lawyer said.
Oklahoma Executed John Marion Grant. He Vomited and Convulsed.
Oklahoma carried out its first execution in six years Thursday night. The inmate, John Marion Grant, vomited and convulsed.
Chilling Letter Details Execution of 'Intellectually Disabled' Inmate
"A letter informing a family that their loved one is going to be hanged, followed by pages of COVID travel regulations and measures, is just awful."
Man to Be Hanged for Trafficking 1 Kilogram of Cannabis in Singapore
The accused claimed that he was threatened and coerced by narcotics officers into admitting to drug trafficking.
Ernest Lee Johnson Was Just Executed in Missouri
Ernest Lee Johnson, who was convicted of three 1994 murders, had fetal alcohol syndrome as a child and lost one-fifth of his brain tissue.
Missouri Will Still Execute Ernest Lee Johnson, Who’s Intellectually Disabled
Ernest Lee Johnson is set to be executed in Missouri Tuesday evening. Civil rights advocates are saying it’s unconstitutional and cruel.
A Group of Lawyers Wants to Make Sure India’s Most Hated Criminals Aren’t Hanged
For Project 39A, there’s more to death row prisoners’ stories than that one alleged crime that earned them the fateful sentence.
Black Extremist Accused of Shooting Cop in the Head Could Get Death Penalty
Florida’s unique definition of “premeditated” makes the alleged murder punishable by death.
2 Death Row Inmates Are Facing a Horrible Choice: Being Shot or Electrocuted
The state passed a law last month allowing executions by firing squad, but they haven’t actually assembled one yet.
Arizona Wants to Bring Back Zyklon B for Gas Chamber Executions
The state has reportedly ordered the ingredients necessary to make the deadly compound.