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Fair and Just Prosecution Prosecutor Group Urges Tennessee Governor to Grant Clemency for Pervis Payne

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|Date: March 13, 2021
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Fair and Just Prosecution Prosecutor Group Urges Tennessee Governor to Grant Clemency for Pervis Payne

By Julia Asby MEMPHIS, TN - Fair and Just Prosecution, an organization of elected prosecutors “committed ...

By Julia Asby MEMPHIS, TN - Fair and Just Prosecution, an organization of elected prosecutors “committed to promoting a justice system grounded in fairness, equity, compassion, and fiscal responsibili ...

March 13, 2021
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Virginia Democratic Leaders Lead Anti-Death Penalty Effort – Law Expects to End Racial Disparity

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|Date: February 25, 2021
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Virginia Democratic Leaders Lead Anti-Death Penalty Effort – Law Expects to End Racial Disparity

By Nancy Aviña & Will McCurry RICHMOND, VA — Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, House Speaker Eileen Fi ...

By Nancy Aviña & Will McCurry RICHMOND, VA — Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, and Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw issued a joint statement this week that they ...

February 25, 2021
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Commentary: Why Does the AG Continue to Defend Bad Conduct by Prosecutors?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2021
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Commentary: Why Does the AG Continue to Defend Bad Conduct by Prosecutors?

By David M. Greenwald Last week when I interviewed Contra Costa DA Diana Becton, one of the people that h ...

By David M. Greenwald Last week when I interviewed Contra Costa DA Diana Becton, one of the people that has put their hat in the race for an appointment to the Attorney General post in California, I a ...

February 23, 2021
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U.S. Court Reverses Itself, 1st Hispanic Woman in Texas Sentenced to Be Executed Now Back on Death Row

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|Date: February 22, 2021
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U.S. Court Reverses Itself, 1st Hispanic Woman in Texas Sentenced to Be Executed Now Back on Death Row

By Max Kennedy TEXAS - Melissa Lucio, the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas, seemed to hav ...

By Max Kennedy TEXAS - Melissa Lucio, the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas, seemed to have hope for a new trial in July of 2019 when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ove ...

February 22, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Episode 91: Flint Taylor on the Murder of Fred Hampton and Chicago Torture Cases (Video)

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|Date: February 16, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Episode 91: Flint Taylor on the Murder of Fred Hampton and Chicago Torture Cases (Video)

It started with the murder of Fred Hampton in 1969 but tracks the Chicago Police torture cases which star ...

It started with the murder of Fred Hampton in 1969 but tracks the Chicago Police torture cases which started with Andrew Wilson, a death row prisoner who was tortured by officers including the infamou ...

February 16, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Episode 91: Flint Taylor on the Murder of Fred Hampton and Chicago Torture Cases

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|Date: February 15, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Episode 91: Flint Taylor on the Murder of Fred Hampton and Chicago Torture Cases

It started with the murder of Fred Hampton in 1969 but tracks the Chicago Police torture cases which star ...

It started with the murder of Fred Hampton in 1969 but tracks the Chicago Police torture cases which started with Andrew Wilson, a death row prisoner who was tortured by officers including the infamou ...

February 15, 2021
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Death Penalty Focus Honors Heroes, Reflects on Progress Achieved and Work to be Done

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|Date: February 15, 2021
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Death Penalty Focus Honors Heroes, Reflects on Progress Achieved and Work to be Done

By Natasha Feuerstein and Avalon Amaral SACRAMENTO - Death Penalty Focus (DPF), a nonprofit founded in 19 ...

By Natasha Feuerstein and Avalon Amaral SACRAMENTO - Death Penalty Focus (DPF), a nonprofit founded in 1988 by California death penalty abolitionists, hosted its 29th annual awards event last Thursday ...

February 15, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Atrocities of the Federal Death Penalty

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|Date: February 03, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Atrocities of the Federal Death Penalty

Why President Biden Must Commute All Federal Death Sentences By Cassandra Stubbs In just six months, the ...

Why President Biden Must Commute All Federal Death Sentences By Cassandra Stubbs In just six months, the federal government conducted an unprecedented, unjust, and unlawful execution spree, taking the ...

February 03, 2021
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Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs Talk about What Client’s Freedom Could Mean to Future of Death Penalty

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|Date: February 01, 2021
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Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs Talk about What Client’s Freedom Could Mean to Future of Death Penalty

By Roxanna Jarvis SAN FRANCISCO – In an interview conducted by The Davis Vanguard, lawyers Tony Serra and ...

By Roxanna Jarvis SAN FRANCISCO – In an interview conducted by The Davis Vanguard, lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs provided more details about Douglas Stankewitz—who had been the longest survivin ...

February 01, 2021
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Pressure Builds on Biden to End Federal Death Penalty As 100 Criminal Justice Leaders Urge Immediate Action

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2021
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Pressure Builds on Biden to End Federal Death Penalty As 100 Criminal Justice Leaders Urge Immediate Action

By David M. Greenwald The unprecedented wave of executions by the federal government at the end of the Tr ...

By David M. Greenwald The unprecedented wave of executions by the federal government at the end of the Trump administration, capped off by three in the last week, has forced a level of urgency on the ...

January 26, 2021
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Trump Administration Executes 3rd Person in Less Than Week, Just Days Before Inauguration – Biden Promised to End Slaughter

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|Date: January 19, 2021
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Trump Administration Executes 3rd Person in Less Than Week, Just Days Before Inauguration – Biden Promised to End Slaughter

By Alana Bleimann and Aziza Nussipov TERRA HAUTE, IN - After petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus and ...

By Alana Bleimann and Aziza Nussipov TERRA HAUTE, IN - After petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus and a motion to stay his execution, Indiana man Dustin John Higgs was executed under the Trump admi ...

January 19, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Trump’s Last Days in Office Marred by Disregard for Human Life – Death Penalty Just Another Example.

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|Date: January 14, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Trump’s Last Days in Office Marred by Disregard for Human Life – Death Penalty Just Another Example.

By Donald Ayer, Deborah Gonzalez and Miriam Aroni Krinsky -Trump reinstated federal executions after near ...

By Donald Ayer, Deborah Gonzalez and Miriam Aroni Krinsky -Trump reinstated federal executions after nearly 20 years, with three slated for this week. When will the U.S. drop the practice and join oth ...

January 14, 2021
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Trump’s Supreme Court & Administration Execute 1st Woman in 67 Years – Sights Set on 2 More Executions Prior to Inauguration Day

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|Date: January 13, 2021
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Trump’s Supreme Court & Administration Execute 1st Woman in 67 Years – Sights Set on 2 More Executions Prior to Inauguration Day

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief TERRA HAUTE, IN – For those who have said Presiden ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief TERRA HAUTE, IN – For those who have said President Trump can’t do much more “damage” in his final week in power, the case of Lisa Montgomery sta ...

January 13, 2021
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2nd Federal Execution in 2 Days; U.S. Supreme Court Allows Killing of Intellectually Disabled Man

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|Date: December 12, 2020
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2nd Federal Execution in 2 Days; U.S. Supreme Court Allows Killing of Intellectually Disabled Man

By Kianna Anvari TERRA HAUTE, IN – The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the execution of Alfred Bourgeois Frida ...

By Kianna Anvari TERRA HAUTE, IN – The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the execution of Alfred Bourgeois Friday at the federal correctional center, the second man in two days to be killed by lethal injecti ...

December 12, 2020
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3 U.S. Supreme Court Justices Would Have Stopped Brandon Bernard Federal Execution Thursday

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|Date: December 12, 2020
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3 U.S. Supreme Court Justices Would Have Stopped Brandon Bernard Federal Execution Thursday

By Ramneet Singh and Lauren Smith TERRE HAUTE, IN - At 9:27 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10, Brandon Bernard was ...

By Ramneet Singh and Lauren Smith TERRE HAUTE, IN - At 9:27 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10, Brandon Bernard was executed by lethal injection in a federal prison facility in Indiana. After the first federal e ...

December 12, 2020
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Trump Administration Executes Another Person Thursday Night – 5 Others to Be Killed before President Leaves Office

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|Date: December 11, 2020
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Trump Administration Executes Another Person Thursday Night – 5 Others to Be Killed before President Leaves Office

By Julian Navarro TERRE HAUTE, IN – Brandon Bernard was executed late last night here at the federal corr ...

By Julian Navarro TERRE HAUTE, IN – Brandon Bernard was executed late last night here at the federal correctional center—one of six federal executions scheduled at the hand of President Trump in his w ...

December 11, 2020
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New LA DA Gascón Directs Office to Stop Seeking Death Penalty, Review All Death Row Cases

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 11, 2020
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New LA DA Gascón Directs Office to Stop Seeking Death Penalty, Review All Death Row Cases

By Özge Terzioğlu LOS ANGELES—New Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón continues to make big crimi ...

By Özge Terzioğlu LOS ANGELES—New Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón continues to make big criminal justice reform waves just days after taking office. This week he has directed all deputy di ...

December 11, 2020
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George Gascón Sworn in as LA County New DA, Announces Immediate Reform, Including End to Cash Bail and Death Penalty Prosecutions

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 08, 2020
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George Gascón Sworn in as LA County New DA, Announces Immediate Reform, Including End to Cash Bail and Death Penalty Prosecutions

By Özge Terzioğlu LOS ANGELES—Newly elected District Attorney George Gascón announced his immediate imple ...

By Özge Terzioğlu LOS ANGELES—Newly elected District Attorney George Gascón announced his immediate implementation of unprecedented reform to LA County’s policing policies at his inauguration and swea ...

December 08, 2020
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ACLU Sues to End Death Row ‘Terror’ Conditions that Retraumatize Lisa Montgomery, Due to be Executed in December

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|Date: November 20, 2020
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ACLU Sues to End Death Row ‘Terror’ Conditions that Retraumatize Lisa Montgomery, Due to be Executed in December

By Julietta Bisharyan WASHINGTON –– The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued U.S. Attorney Gener ...

By Julietta Bisharyan WASHINGTON –– The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued U.S. Attorney General William Barr and the wardens of Terre Haute Correctional Complex and Federal Medical Center ...

November 20, 2020
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VANGUARD INVESTIGATION: New Evidence Reveals California’s Longest Serving Inmate on Death Row May Actually be Innocent

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2020
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VANGUARD INVESTIGATION: New Evidence Reveals California’s Longest Serving Inmate on Death Row May Actually be Innocent

By Roxanna Jarvis and Cailin Garcia CALIFORNIA – After decades of fighting for his release, Douglas Ray S ...

By Roxanna Jarvis and Cailin Garcia CALIFORNIA – After decades of fighting for his release, Douglas Ray Stankewitz may finally have a real chance at freedom. In an all-encompassing Writ of Habeas Corp ...

November 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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