On AlterNet: death penalty
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "death penalty"
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.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: World. October 27, 2009.
"I can go fight in another country to uphold peace and liberty ... but I can't uphold peace, liberty, and equality for my own brother."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 26, 2009.
Recent evidence shows that an executed Texas man was innocent. There are others who still might avoid that fate.
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.
Bob Moser, Texas Observer AlterNet: PEEK. October 5, 2009.
Perry has suddenly replaced three members of a commission scheduled to investigate the case of Cameron Todd Willingham. But he can't hide the truth.
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!
Jessica Pupovac, Liliana Segura, AlterNet. September 12, 2009.
While other states release low-risk, high-cost prisoners, CA officials want to jail another terminal prisoner, on taxpayers' dime.
Ann Neumann, Religion Dispatches. September 8, 2009.
Euthanasia, end-of-life, death with dignity, assisted suicide: The meaning depends on whom you ask. In a high-stakes health care debate, we can’t even agree on the terms.
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."
The Innocence Project, AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 31, 2009.
The tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was falsely accused of setting a fire that killed his children -- and then executed for it.
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 August 6, 2009.
An Indian court on Thursday sentenced to death three people, including a married couple, for planting high-explosive bombs that killed 52 in the city of Mumbai in 2003.
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.
Agence France PresseJune 9, 2009.
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, accused of playing a role in the bombing of two U.S. embassies, arrived in New York on Tuesday.
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. April 18, 2009.
The man who blew the lid off Bush's spying program believes more details on government spying must, and will, come to light.
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.
