Publications & Testimony

Idaho Governor Brad Little on March 25, 2022, signed into law an exe­cu­tion secre­cy bill that con­ceals from the pub­lic and the courts infor­ma­tion on the pro­duc­ers and sup­pli­ers of drugs used in exe­cu­tions in the…

The Kentucky State Senate has giv­en final leg­isla­tive approval to a bill that would make the Commonwealth the sec­ond U.S. state to bar the exe­cu­tion of peo­ple with seri­ous mental…

Nearly 90 mem­bers of the Texas House of Representatives from across the ide­o­log­i­cal spec­trum have issued a bipar­ti­san call for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Greg Abbott to grant clemen­cy to death-row pris­on­er Melissa…

On March 24, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed low­er court orders that had denied a Texas death-row prisoner’s request for his pas­tor to touch him and audi­bly pray dur­ing his exe­cu­tion. In rul­ing for John Henry Ramirez (pic­tured), the Court empha­sized Texas’ abil­i­ty to pre­vent any delay of his exe­cu­tion by sim­ply cre­at­ing rea­son­able pro­ce­dures to allow Ramirez the accom­mo­da­tions he seeks. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opin­ion of the…

An Ohio appeals court has ordered that death-row pris­on­er Tyrone Noling (pic­tured) be grant­ed access to pros­e­cu­tors’ and law enforce­ment files that may con­tain excul­pa­to­ry evi­dence that has been hid­den for decades from the…

Fewer coun­tries are using the death penal­ty for drug offens­es, but accord­ing to a new glob­al report, exe­cu­tions increased in those that did and took place in pro­ceed­ings char­ac­ter­ized by author­i­tar­i­an­ism and…

March 25, 2022 will mark the end of the only death penal­ty case in Wyoming — or at least the fam­i­ly of Lisa Marie Kimmell hopes it…

South Carolina has com­plet­ed prepa­ra­tions to exe­cute the state’s death-row pris­on­ers by firing…

Military pros­e­cu­tors and defense attor­neys are report­ed­ly dis­cussing plea deals that could take the death penal­ty off the table in the Guantánamo mil­i­tary com­mis­sion cas­es of five men accused of involve­ment in the September 11, 2001 ter­ror­ist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The nego­ti­a­tions, first report­ed by the New York Times on March 15, 2022 and sub­se­quent­ly con­firmed by defense coun­sel, would require alleged 9/​11 plan­ner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and…