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 6, 2013
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on February 27, 2013, ordered a new trial for Alabama death row inmate Ricky Adkins...
February 26, 2013
United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Stephen Breyer, issued a scathing condemnation of a federal prosecutor's "...
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...
December 14, 2012
Cumberland County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Greg Weeks vacated three death sentences under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act after...
December 6, 2012
On November 13, 2012, the United States Supreme Court denied the State of Alabama's petition challenging a federal appellate court decision which...
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...
November 5, 2012
Bryan Stevenson was awarded the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award on November 3, 2012, in Birmingham, Alabama.(Frank Couch/fcouch@al.com)...
