May 10, 2013
On April 29, 2013, the Florida Senate sent Governor Rick Scott a bill that would speed up appeals in cases where the death penalty has been imposed...
May 2, 2013
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley today signed into law a bipartisan measure that abolishes capital punishment in the State of Maryland, making it...
March 14, 2013
Photo by Jacob Holdt
Today there is widespread recognition that the goal of providing counsel to the nation's poor, stated by the United States...
March 11, 2013
On February 25, 2013, the United States Supreme Court heard argument in a Texas case about whether to extend the rule that allows a defendant to...
February 12, 2013
Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O’Neill explained in a recent dissent from an order setting an execution date for Jeffrey Wogenstahl that the "...
January 22, 2013
On January 8, 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Ryan v. Gonzales that federal court review in death penalty cases should go forward...
January 17, 2013
Gallup polling shows an overall downward trend in recent years in the percentage of Americans who support capital punishment.
A recent Gallup Poll...
January 7, 2013
A divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on December 28, 2012, affirmed a lower court decision denying federal court review to...
December 10, 2012
A Mobile County, Alabama, trial judge ruled that William Ziegler, who was sentenced to death in 2003, must be given a new trial because the...
November 12, 2012
Death Row Unit, Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama
The Alabama Supreme Court has again reversed the case of Anthony Ray Hinton, who has spent more...
