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ACLU Applauds Louisiana Governor’s Action for ‘Leading With Humanity’ in Decision to Urge Pardons Board to Reconsider Clemency Petitions for 56 Death Row Inmates

Posted by Kristin Trent
|Date: August 13, 2023
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ACLU Applauds Louisiana Governor’s Action for ‘Leading With Humanity’ in Decision to Urge Pardons Board to Reconsider Clemency Petitions for 56 Death Row Inmates

By Kristin Trent BATON ROUGE, LA – The ACLU Friday commended Gov. of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, “for ...

By Kristin Trent BATON ROUGE, LA – The ACLU Friday commended Gov. of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, “for leading with humanity and using his constitutionally granted authority” in calling on the Louis ...

August 13, 2023
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Oklahoma Death Penalty Group Criticizes Another Anti-DP Group for ‘Attacks on Habeas Attorneys,’ Disavows Relationship

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|Date: August 12, 2023
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Oklahoma Death Penalty Group Criticizes Another Anti-DP Group for ‘Attacks on Habeas Attorneys,’ Disavows Relationship

By The Vanguard OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) Friday ...

By The Vanguard OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) Friday questioned the action of Death Penalty Action (DPA) and Rev. Jeff Hood, charging the group jeo ...

August 12, 2023
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More Bad News for Federal Prisoners Hidden Amid Flurry of SCOTUS Rulings

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|Date: July 10, 2023
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More Bad News for Federal Prisoners Hidden Amid Flurry of SCOTUS Rulings

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau WASHINGTON, DC – Legal commentators are drawing atte ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau WASHINGTON, DC – Legal commentators are drawing attention to a little-seen decision by the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of July amid a seeming flu ...

July 10, 2023
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Commentary: Death Row Roach

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|Date: March 30, 2023
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Commentary: Death Row Roach

By Jason Davis Randall Cash, 63, was arrested at age 25 and after a 7 years long trial was given the deat ...

By Jason Davis Randall Cash, 63, was arrested at age 25 and after a 7 years long trial was given the death penalty for murder. After serving ten years on death row at San Quentin, his execution day wa ...

March 30, 2023
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Death Row Inmate Andre Thomas Attempt to Be Found Incompetent for Execution Disrupted by ‘Actions of the State,’ Claim Lawyers

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 03, 2023
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Death Row Inmate Andre Thomas Attempt to Be Found Incompetent for Execution Disrupted by ‘Actions of the State,’ Claim Lawyers

By Destiny Gurrola SHERMAN, TX – Death Row prisoner Andre Thomas’ attempts to obtain the necessary docume ...

By Destiny Gurrola SHERMAN, TX – Death Row prisoner Andre Thomas’ attempts to obtain the necessary documents to show his incompetence for execution are being disrupted by the state, claimed his lawyer ...

March 03, 2023
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Supreme Court Rules Man on Death Row Should be Resentenced after State Court Judges Ignore Supreme Court Precedents

Posted by Brinda Kalita
|Date: March 03, 2023
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Supreme Court Rules Man on Death Row Should be Resentenced after State Court Judges Ignore Supreme Court Precedents

By Roni Ayalon and Brinda Kalita WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Supreme Court this week unexpectedly ruled in ...

By Roni Ayalon and Brinda Kalita WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Supreme Court this week unexpectedly ruled in favor of John Cruz, a man on death row in the state of Arizona, allowing him to be resentenced ...

March 03, 2023
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GOP Oklahoma Lawmakers Join Call for Death Penalty Execution Pause

Posted by Belen Avelar
|Date: March 01, 2023
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GOP Oklahoma Lawmakers Join Call for Death Penalty Execution Pause

By Belen Avelar OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- Three Oklahoma Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Kevin McDugle, hav ...

By Belen Avelar OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- Three Oklahoma Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Kevin McDugle, have joined a former corrections official to ask for the suspension of the death penalty, slowing ...

March 01, 2023
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Republican-Dominated Florida Legislature Introduces Bill to Return to Pre-2017 Death Penalty Standards

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: February 24, 2023
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Republican-Dominated Florida Legislature Introduces Bill to Return to Pre-2017 Death Penalty Standards

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SPRING HILL, FL – In an opinion piece for the Washington Post, Lizette Alvarez, a ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SPRING HILL, FL – In an opinion piece for the Washington Post, Lizette Alvarez, a contributing columnist, reflected on Florida State Senator Blaise Ingoglia’s (R-Spring Hill) in ...

February 24, 2023
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Severely Mentally Ill Man on Texas Death Row Requests Clemency from Governor, Texas Board of Pardons and Parole

Posted by Ivan Villegas
|Date: February 17, 2023
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Severely Mentally Ill Man on Texas Death Row Requests Clemency from Governor, Texas Board of Pardons and Parole

By Ivan Villegas AUSTIN, TX - Attorneys for Andre Thomas are requesting to have his sentence of death com ...

By Ivan Villegas AUSTIN, TX - Attorneys for Andre Thomas are requesting to have his sentence of death commuted to life in prison or a reprieve to allow the courts to determine if he is competent for h ...

February 17, 2023
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Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: February 07, 2023
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Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

By Amy Berberyan, Vaiva Utaraite and Kimberly Torres BONNE TERRE, MO - A man named Leonard Taylor is to b ...

By Amy Berberyan, Vaiva Utaraite and Kimberly Torres BONNE TERRE, MO - A man named Leonard Taylor is to be executed here in a state prison Tuesday, Feb. 7 after 6 p.m. unless appeals for a day are suc ...

February 07, 2023
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Death Row Attorney Files Legal Action Challenging Texas Use of Expired Execution Drugs

Posted by Gracyann Joslin
|Date: January 07, 2023
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Death Row Attorney Files Legal Action Challenging Texas Use of Expired Execution Drugs

By Leslie Acevedo AUSTIN, TX - Shawn Nolan—an attorney for death row prisoners Wesley Ruiz and John Leze ...

By Leslie Acevedo AUSTIN, TX - Shawn Nolan—an attorney for death row prisoners Wesley Ruiz and John Lezell Balentine, whose executions are set for Feb. 1 and Feb. 8—this week charged a divided Texas ...

January 07, 2023
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Three Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit against Texas for Planning to Use Expired Execution Drugs in Upcoming Executions

Posted by Gracyann Joslin
|Date: January 05, 2023
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Three Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit against Texas for Planning to Use Expired Execution Drugs in Upcoming Executions

By Rena Abdusalam AUSTIN, TX - If it goes through with its upcoming executions, Texas will allegedly be v ...

By Rena Abdusalam AUSTIN, TX - If it goes through with its upcoming executions, Texas will allegedly be violating its own laws and generating significant risks of pain and agony for their inmates thro ...

January 05, 2023
| by Gracyann Joslin

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DPIC REPORT: Nearly Half of U.S. Death Penalty Executions in 2022 Botched

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|Date: December 18, 2022
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DPIC REPORT: Nearly Half of U.S. Death Penalty Executions in 2022 Botched

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Seven of 18 execution attempts nationally in 2022—across six state ...

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Seven of 18 execution attempts nationally in 2022—across six states—were botched, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). In fo ...

December 18, 2022
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Missouri Executes Black Man after Courts Refuse Appeals – Lawmaker Charges ‘Criminal Justice System’ Failed Kevin Johnson

Posted by Taylor Smith
|Date: December 02, 2022
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Missouri Executes Black Man after Courts Refuse Appeals – Lawmaker Charges ‘Criminal Justice System’ Failed Kevin Johnson

By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng BONNE TERRE, MO – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (MO) has released a statement critic ...

By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng BONNE TERRE, MO – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (MO) has released a statement critical of the execution, after 17 years on death row, of Kevin Johnson who was executed Tuesday nig ...

December 02, 2022
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Congressional Representatives Bush and Cleaver Urge Missouri Governor to Grant Clemency to Death Row Inmate Kevin Johnson

Posted by Daniella Dueñas
|Date: November 28, 2022
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Congressional Representatives Bush and Cleaver Urge Missouri Governor to Grant Clemency to Death Row Inmate Kevin Johnson

By Daniella Dueñas and Caleigh Carlisle WASHINGTON, DC - Since Rep. Cori Bush (MO-01) assumed office in C ...

By Daniella Dueñas and Caleigh Carlisle WASHINGTON, DC - Since Rep. Cori Bush (MO-01) assumed office in Congress, she has led the battle against the continued use of capital punishment and urged lawma ...

November 28, 2022
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Missouri Law Bars Daughter, 19, from Witnessing Father’s Execution

Posted by Paloma Sifuentes
|Date: November 25, 2022
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Missouri Law Bars Daughter, 19, from Witnessing Father’s Execution

By Paloma Sifuentes and Daniella Dueñas KANSAS CITY, MO - Corionsa “Khorry” Ramey is just 19, but is goin ...

By Paloma Sifuentes and Daniella Dueñas KANSAS CITY, MO - Corionsa “Khorry” Ramey is just 19, but is going to court to allow her to be present at her father’s (Kevin Johnson) execution. Johnson is sch ...

November 25, 2022
| by Paloma Sifuentes

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Oklahoma Court Rejects Richard Glossip’s Hearing Application, Despite Defense Claim of New Evidence

Posted by Taylor Smith
|Date: November 18, 2022
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Oklahoma Court Rejects Richard Glossip’s Hearing Application, Despite Defense Claim of New Evidence

By Daniella Dueñas OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Thursday denied another req ...

By Daniella Dueñas OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Thursday denied another request from death row inmate Richard Glossip for a hearing to delay Glossip’s execution here, and ...

November 18, 2022
| by Taylor Smith

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4 State Executions Scheduled This Week Across U.S. – Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Oklahoma

Posted by Leila Katibah
|Date: November 17, 2022
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4 State Executions Scheduled This Week Across U.S. – Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Oklahoma

By Leila Katibah During the week of Nov.17, four men across the U.S. are scheduled to be executed, highli ...

By Leila Katibah During the week of Nov.17, four men across the U.S. are scheduled to be executed, highlighting the current trends in state executions and the continued deployment of the death penalty ...

November 17, 2022
| by Leila Katibah

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Governor’s Mansion ‘Don’t Kill for Me’ Demonstration Protest Scheduled for Thursday Oklahoma Execution of Brain-Damaged Richard Fairchild

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: November 16, 2022
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Governor’s Mansion ‘Don’t Kill for Me’ Demonstration Protest Scheduled for Thursday Oklahoma Execution of Brain-Damaged Richard Fairchild

By Paloma Sifuentes and Leslie Acevedo OKLAHOMA CITY, OK: The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Pen ...

By Paloma Sifuentes and Leslie Acevedo OKLAHOMA CITY, OK: The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty asked the public to join them in a demonstration in protest of the scheduled execution of ...

November 16, 2022
| by Leslie Acevedo

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Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

Posted by Rena Abdusalam
|Date: November 13, 2022
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Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX - Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row, ...

By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX - Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row, has been set an execution date of April 5, 2023, according to the 15th District Court of Grayso ...

November 13, 2022
| by Rena Abdusalam

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