January 29, 2008
The Alabama Attorney General is asking the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate a January 31, 2008, execution date for Jimmy Callahan just...
January 25, 2008
The Alabama Supreme Court reinstated death row inmate Jarrod Taylor’s appeal from the dismissal of his Rule 32 petition and held that the Court of...
January 4, 2008
On Monday, January 7, 2008, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Baze v. Rees about the constitutionality of lethal injection.
December 17, 2007
Today, the death penalty was abolished in New Jersey. A bill, previously approved by the New Jersey legislature and signed into law this morning,...
December 15, 2007
Today a federal district court judge granted Jimmy Callahan’s request to stay his execution, which was scheduled to take place on January 31, 2008....
December 6, 2007
Today the United States Supreme Court granted Tommy Arthur’s request to stay his execution, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 6...
November 27, 2007
United States District Court Judge Keith Watkins denied the State of Alabama's motion to dismiss without a trial the legal claims raised by Alabama...
November 27, 2007
The Alabama Supreme Court on November 19, 2007, agreed to review Anthony Ray Hinton's case. Mr. Hinton has been on Alabama's death row for over 20...
November 15, 2007
Today the United States Supreme Court stayed the execution of Florida inmate Mark Schwab, further indicating that it will not permit executions to...
November 7, 2007
The capital trial of Brian Nichols, accused of shooting and killing a judge, a court reporter, a sheriff’s deputy and a federal agent in an Atlanta,...
