On AlterNet: capital punishment
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "capital punishment"
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 20, 2009.
The TX Board of Pardons voted to spare the life of Robert Lee Thompson, who took part in a robbery that led to a murder. The killer is serving life. Perry chose to kill him anyway.
Carter Pagel, AlterNet. October 21, 2009.
28-year-old Reginald Blanton is scheduled to die on October 27th despite serious doubts about his guilt. Does Gov. Rick Perry want more innocent blood on his hands?
AlterNet AlterNet: PEEKOctober 20, 2009.
States are wasting millions on an inefficient death penalty system, diverting scarce funds from other anti-crime and law enforcement programs.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 16, 2009.
Khristian Oliver is set to be executed next month, after jurors used Old Testament passages to determine whether he should live or die.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 15, 2009.
As the corporate media picks up on the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham, Gov. Perry is going to desperate lengths to cover it up.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 24, 2009.
53-year-old Romell Broom wept and tried to help his executioners find a vein, only to leave the death chamber alive. This isn't "cruel and unusual punishment"?
Lee Camp, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. September 21, 2009.
Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in 2004 for a fire that killed his three young daughters. Now it looks like he didn't do it. Oops!
Lucile Malandain, Agence France Presse. September 8, 2009.
Opponents of the death penalty hope the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas, will be a turning point towards abolition.
Suzanne Ito, Blog of Rights AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 7, 2009.
Cameron Todd Willingham's last words were: "I have been persecuted 12 years for something I didn't do."
Amy Goodman, AlterNet. August 20, 2009.
Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis has had three execution dates despite overwhelming proof of his innocence. Now he'll finally have his day in court.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 17, 2009.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a judge to "receive testimony and findings of fact as to whether evidence ... establishes [Davis's] innocence."
Agence France Presse July 14, 2009.
Another convicted murderer who was due to be executed on Tuesday -- Paul Warner Powell in Virginia -- meanwhile obtained a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court pending further review.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 2, 2009.
Today marks the 200th execution under Perry, a record even deadlier than George W. Bush's tenure. What's the matter with Texas?
Martina Correia, Comment Is Free. May 20, 2009.
My brother has faced the death chamber three times for a murder he didn't commit. Now he's in danger of getting a new execution date.
Ron Jacobs, CounterPunch. May 18, 2009.
Troy Davis has faced execution three times in two years despite damning proof of his innocence. We can't allow this injustice to continue.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 25, 2009.
Amnesty International finds that while the world as a whole is moving away from the death penalty, executions went up last year.
Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post. March 20, 2009.
The Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009 comes just after New Mexico governor Bill Richardson banned capital punishment in his state.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 18, 2009.
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has until midnight tonight to sign legislation to shut down the state's death machinery.
Michael J. Carter, IPS News. November 7, 2008.
As prisoners across the country spend decades awaiting execution, the psychological effects are devastating.
Jonathan Springston, IPS News. October 28, 2008.
The Georgia prisoner was scheduled to die, again, but a federal court has opened the door for a new round of appeals.
Campaign to End the Death Penalty AlterNet: Rights and LibertiesOctober 24, 2008.
"Like Troy, we were denied justice. Like Troy, we spent years, locked up 23 hours a day, waiting to die."
Federica Valabrega, American Observer. October 23, 2008.
Twice, Davis has said goodbye to loved ones but had his life spared. Now, he faces execution a third time.
Amnesty InternationalOctober 14, 2008.
"The Supreme Court has effectively ended a longstanding battle to have new evidence in Davis' favor heard in a court of law."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 14, 2008.
An innocent man could die in two weeks if the state of Georgia seeks a new death warrant.
Robert Fisk, Independent UK. October 8, 2008.
Hundreds of "insurgents" have been executed since 2003, victims of the same summary justice they mete out to their own captives.
