United States Supreme Court
,Federal Death Penalty
,Jul 17, 2020
The United States government carried out its third execution in four days on July 17, 2020, executing Dustin Honken (pictured). The week’s executions doubled the number of prisoners the government has put to death since Congress r…
Executions Overview
,Lethal Injection
,Federal Death Penalty
,Aug 28, 2020
NEWS (8/28/20) — The federal government executed Keith Nelson on August 28. He was the fifth federal prisoner to be executed in 2020. Nelson’s execution had been put on hold several times as a result of preliminary injunct…
Arbitrariness
,Intellectual Disability
,Mental Illness
,Race
,Religion
,Federal Death Penalty
,Jul 10, 2020
As the scheduled July 13, 2020 date for the first federal executions in 17 years approaches, faith leaders, …
United States Supreme Court
,Lethal Injection
,Federal Death Penalty
,Jun 29, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to the federal execution protocol, removing a potential major obstacle to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) plan to resume federal executions after a 17-year hiatus. The deci…
Mental Illness
,Representation
,Victims' Families
,Upcoming Executions
,Federal Death Penalty
,Jun 16, 2020
With a petition for review pending before the U.S. Supreme Court on the legality and constitutionality of the federal execution protocol, U.S. Attorney General William Barr on June 15, 2020 set execution dates for four federal dea…
