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The barbarity of the US death penalty system was on display last night when the state of Texas executed the second mentally disabled death row prisoner in less than three weeks. Marvin Wilson, 54, was sent to his death after the US Supreme Court failed to grant him a stay... » read this article

The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki a U.S citizen in Yemen by a CIA drone missile on September 30 has been publicized by the mass media, President Obama and the usual experts on al-Qaeda as “a major blow to the jihadist network founded by Osama bin Laden” US officials called Awlaki... » read this article

Third Update 10:30 p.m. September 22, 2011 Editor's Comment: Once again, the Beast has ripped off his mask and revealed his true nature. Earlier this evening, the U.S. Supreme Court gave Troy Davis a one week stay of execution saying that it would review his case - only 2 hours... » read this article

Editor's Comment: Since publishing this article, the Governor of Texas refused to grant a stay of execution. They killed Mark Stroman yesterday. See the second article below. - LMB // In Texas, a hate crime victim is attempting to save the life of a convicted murderer who shot him... » read this article

Editor's Comment: Since publishing this article, the Governor of Texas refused to grant a stay of execution. They killed Mark Stroman yesterday. See the second article below. - LMB On September 21, 2001, the guy on the right shot the guy on the left in the face, hoping to kill... » read this article

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia must stop the use of the death penalty following a "significant increase" in executions in the kingdom in the last six weeks, Amnesty International said Friday. At least 27 people have been executed in the top oil exporter in 2011, equalling the total number of... » read this article

In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a white police officer. Though there's major evidence that Davis didn't commit the crime, Georgia is prepared to put him to death. We have a good chance of stopping this -- but only if we speak up now. The fact is, no... » read this article

In a 5-4 ruling, justices overturn a jury verdict awarding $14 million to John Thompson, who had sued then-New Orleans Dist. Atty. Harry Connick Sr. because prosecutors hid a blood test that would have proved his innocence in a murder case. Reporting from Washington— A bitterly divided Supreme Court on... » read this article

Friday, March 11, 2011 Ohio executed an inmate Thursday with a single drug previously used to euthanize animals, the first execution of its kind in the United States and a potentially pivotal development in the nation's emotional battle over capital punishment. Johnnie Baston, 37, was pronounced dead at 10:30 a.m.... » read this article

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a historic ban on the death penalty in Illinois and commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without parole. Quinn signed the legislation in his Capitol office surrounded by longtime opponents of capital punishment in a state where... » read this article

On Monday, Darryl Hunt will walk into Courtroom 5A, the same courtroom where in June 1985 he was convicted of raping and killing Deborah Sykes in Winston-Salem. It was in this same courtroom in 2004 that he was exonerated, the result of new DNA evidence that led police and prosecutors... » read this article

Jordan Brown, who was 11 when he allegedly killed his father's pregnant fiancee, could face life sentence with no parole Tuesday 25 January 2011 19.00 GMT     Judges are to rule on whether Jordan Brown, who has been charged with homicide, should be tried as an adult. Lawyers for... » read this article

The only US company that supplies an essential serum for lethal injections of death-row prisoners said Friday that it would permanently cease production, in part because of problems with a supplier in Italy. Hospira Inc, of Lake Forest, Illinois, said it had never "condoned" the use of its product, sodium... » read this article

Editor's note: Our friend Esther Brown wrote: Friends, The temporary stay was lifted and Leroy was executed. At about the time of his death, I received a call from death row. Telling me that the hearse had not left the prison and the men were very concerned about Leroy. I... » read this article

Outgoing Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has granted a posthumous pardon to Joe Arridy, a mentally disabled man who was executed for murder more than 70 years ago, despite evidence suggesting his innocence. "The tragic conviction of Mr. Arridy and his subsequent execution ... merit such relief based on the great... » read this article

SPRINGFIELD --- A historic measure to abolish the death penalty in Illinois passed the state Senate today after nearly two hours of impassioned debate. The ban on executions goes to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, who must sign the legislation for it to become law. During last fall's campaign, Quinn said... » read this article

In the past, Texas has appeared unwavering in its support for the death penalty. Even as other states explored alternatives or abolished capital punishment altogether, Texas was resolute. But new numbers tell a different story, suggesting that doubt is creeping into the state's psyche. While Texas is still No. 1... » read this article

Recent revelations about faulty evidence in two Texas death-penalty cases have raised new questions about the fairness of the death penalty. Now those questions will get an unprecedented hearing in the middle of a current murder trial: on Monday, a judge will hear evidence in the case of Texas v.... » read this article