Innocence

Oct 15, 2021

Death-row exoneree Robert DuBoise (pic­tured) is suing the City of Tampa, four Tampa police offi­cers, and the foren­sic odon­tol­o­gist who false­ly tes­ti­fied against him, alleg­ing that they fab­ri­cat­ed evi­dence that led to his wrongful …

United States Supreme Court

Oct 14, 2021

A United States Supreme Court sharply divid­ed along ide­o­log­i­cal lines heard oral argu­ment October 13, 2021 on the Department of Justice’s appeal of a fed­er­al cir­cuit court’s rul­ing over­turn­ing the death sen­tences imposed on 

Race

Oct 13, 2021

A Texas judge has rec­om­mend­ed that the con­vic­tion and death sen­tence of death-row pris­on­er Randy Halprin (pic­tured), who is Jewish, be over­turned because of the reli­gious big­otry of the judge pre­sid­ing over his tr…

Representation

Oct 12, 2021

A fed­er­al court in Texas has stayed the October 12, 2021 exe­cu­tion of Texas death-row pris­on­er Stephen Barbee on his claims that the state’s refusal to allow his spir­i­tu­al advi­sor to admin­is­ter last rites, touch h…

International

Oct 11, 2021

At a cer­e­mo­ny com­mem­o­rat­ing the 40^th anniver­sary of France’s abo­li­tion of the death penal­ty, French President Emmanuel Macron (pic­tured) announced an ini­tia­tive to advance world­wide abo­li­tion of cap­i­tal punishment…

Recent Legislative Activity

Oct 08, 2021

In a deci­sion that advo­cates say could clear the state’s death row, the Oregon Supreme Court (jus­tices pic­tured) has over­turned death-row pris­on­er David Ray Bartol’s death sen­tence because the crime he com­mit­ted i…

Sentencing Alternatives

Oct 07, 2021

The num­ber of women serv­ing extreme sen­tences in the United States has increased sharply in the last decade, a September 2021 report by a col­lab­o­ra­tive of crim­i­nal law reform orga­ni­za­tions has found. The report, 

Clemency

Oct 06, 2021

A divid­ed Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has denied the clemen­cy peti­tion filed on behalf of death-row pris­on­er John Marion Grant, who is sched­uled to be exe­cut­ed on October 28, 2021. The 3 – 2 vote on October 5, …

Capital Case Development

Oct 06, 2021

An Oregon appel­late court has grant­ed a new tri­al to death-row pris­on­er Jesse Johnson, find­ing his tri­al coun­sel inef­fec­tive for fail­ing to inter­view a neigh­bor of the homi­cide vic­tim whose eye­wit­ness tes­ti­mo­ny co…

News Brief

Oct 06, 2021

Kirk Bloodsworth, the first for­mer death-row pris­on­er to have been exon­er­at­ed by DNA test­ing, has become the first per­son to receive sup­ple­men­tal com­pen­sa­tion under a new Maryland wrong­ful impris­on­ment statute.