https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/ en-US Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:18:13 -0400 https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/tennessee-court-orders-officials-to-preserve-evidence-from-failed-execution-of-christa-pike-as-she-regains-consciousness Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/tennessee-court-orders-officials-to-preserve-evidence-from-failed-execution-of-christa-pike-as-she-regains-consciousness https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/nidal-hasan-may-be-executed-on-december-3-by-firing-squad-first-military-execution-in-65-years Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:19:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/nidal-hasan-may-be-executed-on-december-3-by-firing-squad-first-military-execution-in-65-years https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/justin-wolfe-former-virginia-death-row-prisoner-released-on-plea-deal-after-federal-court-found-significant-prosecutorial-misconduct Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/justin-wolfe-former-virginia-death-row-prisoner-released-on-plea-deal-after-federal-court-found-significant-prosecutorial-misconduct https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/public-reaction-to-tennessees-botched-execution-on-christa-pike Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/public-reaction-to-tennessees-botched-execution-on-christa-pike
Christa Pike, sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of Colleen Slemmer when Ms. Pike was 18, remains in critical condition and is receiving life-saving treatment at a hospital as of October 5, according to her attorneys.

The case is unprecedented in the modern era of… ]]> https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/arizona-co-victims-speak-out-wanting-death-penalty-money-redirected Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/arizona-co-victims-speak-out-wanting-death-penalty-money-redirected https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/governor-bill-lee-denies-clemency-for-christa-pike-refusing-to-stop-tennessees-first-execution-of-a-woman-in-more-than-200-years Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/governor-bill-lee-denies-clemency-for-christa-pike-refusing-to-stop-tennessees-first-execution-of-a-woman-in-more-than-200-years
On September 28, 2026, Governor Bill Lee denied a clemency request from death-sentenced prisoner Christa Pike, who is scheduled to be executed on September 30. Gov. Lee announced, “[a]fter deliberate consideration of Christa Gail Pike’s request for clemency, and after a thorough review of the case,” he said he would uphold “the sentence of the State of Tennessee,” noting he did not… ]]> https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals-refuses-to-grant-relief-to-melissa-lucio-despite-trial-courts-finding-of-actual-innocence Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals-refuses-to-grant-relief-to-melissa-lucio-despite-trial-courts-finding-of-actual-innocence https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/william-thompson-faces-execution-in-florida-amid-dementia-terminal-illness-concerns Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/william-thompson-faces-execution-in-florida-amid-dementia-terminal-illness-concerns https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/dpi-podcast-1201-the-death-penalty-in-context-emmjolee-mendoza-waters-on-the-work-of-the-catholic-mobilizing-network Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/dpi-podcast-1201-the-death-penalty-in-context-emmjolee-mendoza-waters-on-the-work-of-the-catholic-mobilizing-network https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-death-sentences-for-defendants-under-age-21-have-virtually-vanished-yet-three-of-them-are-scheduled-for-execution-this-month Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:25:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-death-sentences-for-defendants-under-age-21-have-virtually-vanished-yet-three-of-them-are-scheduled-for-execution-this-month https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/former-portage-county-sheriff-says-tyrone-noling-is-innocent-and-should-be-pardoned-citing-egregious-official-misconduct Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/former-portage-county-sheriff-says-tyrone-noling-is-innocent-and-should-be-pardoned-citing-egregious-official-misconduct https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/article-of-interest-georgia-records-reveal-rising-costs-and-continued-secrecy-around-lethal-injection Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/article-of-interest-georgia-records-reveal-rising-costs-and-continued-secrecy-around-lethal-injection
Critics have long raised concerns about Georgia’s lethal… ]]> https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/alabama-is-scheduled-to-execute-jeffery-lee-despite-a-jurys-recommendation-for-a-life-sentence Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/alabama-is-scheduled-to-execute-jeffery-lee-despite-a-jurys-recommendation-for-a-life-sentence
Alabama is scheduled to execute Jeffery Lee by lethal injection on September 17, 2026, nearly three decades after a jury in Dallas County voted to sentence him to life without the possibility of parole. Mr. Lee was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1998 murders of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson during a robbery… ]]> https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/california-supreme-court-decisions-on-racial-justice-act-claims-limit-relief-from-racial-bias Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/california-supreme-court-decisions-on-racial-justice-act-claims-limit-relief-from-racial-bias https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/christa-pike-requests-clemency-ahead-of-september-30-execution-date-experts-amicus-brief-points-to-substantial-risk-of-re-traumatization Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/christa-pike-requests-clemency-ahead-of-september-30-execution-date-experts-amicus-brief-points-to-substantial-risk-of-re-traumatization
Lawyers for Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, filed a 226-page clemency petition with Governor Bill Lee, asking him to commute her death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole ahead of her September 30 execution date. Ms. Pike’s clemency petition outlines the case her team has built over decades of appeals: her actions at 18 years old cannot… ]]> https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/set-for-execution-in-georgia-september-16-stacey-humphreys-new-appeals-highlight-clemency-conflict-of-interest-juror-misconduct Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:28:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/set-for-execution-in-georgia-september-16-stacey-humphreys-new-appeals-highlight-clemency-conflict-of-interest-juror-misconduct https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/california-governor-candidate-xavier-becerra-vows-to-extend-execution-moratorium-despite-record-defending-death-sentences Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/california-governor-candidate-xavier-becerra-vows-to-extend-execution-moratorium-despite-record-defending-death-sentences https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/in-new-filing-dna-experts-recanted-testimony-further-undermines-the-conviction-and-death-sentence-of-texas-prisoner-jeffery-prible Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/in-new-filing-dna-experts-recanted-testimony-further-undermines-the-conviction-and-death-sentence-of-texas-prisoner-jeffery-prible https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/former-kansas-corrections-officials-call-for-governor-to-commute-death-sentences Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/former-kansas-corrections-officials-call-for-governor-to-commute-death-sentences https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/japan-hangs-man-in-first-execution-of-2026-joining-u-s-as-only-g7-nations-to-execute Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:33:00 -0400 Death Penalty Information Center https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/japan-hangs-man-in-first-execution-of-2026-joining-u-s-as-only-g7-nations-to-execute
In 2009, Mr. Takami was convicted of setting fire to a pachinko parlor in Osaka, killing five people and injuring 10. Despite his defense team arguing that Mr. Takami was… ]]>