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Ohio at Death Penalty Crossroads
On the question of capital punishment, Ohio is moving simultaneously in two different directions. The pace of executions has accelerated, but those most experienced with the death penalty are calling…
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Uganda Gay Rights Activist Murdered
In a tragic update to a posting several weeks ago regarding gay rights in Africa, a leading activist in Uganda was horrifically murdered yesterday.
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Opting Out of Our Degrading Death Penalty
Hospira, Inc., the only FDA approved manufacturer of the lethal injection anesthetic sodium thiopental, has decided to stop making that drug, throwing the status of U.S. executions into disarray.
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Georgia: Execution Info Could Inspire Terroristic Acts
The state of Georgia has refused to turn over information on its lethal injection procedures with the absurd claim that such disclosure could "compromise security against sabotage, criminal or terroristic…
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Ohio Supreme Court Justice Calls for End to Death Penalty
Justice Paul E. Pfeifer is a Republican who has been a Justice on Ohio’s Supreme Court since 1993. He was re-elected again last November. Yesterday, after he was sworn in…
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Illinois Death Penalty Abolition Bill Goes to Governor!
Tonight the Illinois Senate joined the Illinois House or Representatives in voting to abolish the death penalty. If Governor Pat Quinn signs the bill into law, Illinois will become the…
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A Perverse Equality in Malawi and Other Gay Rights News
[caption id="attachment_16565" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Uganda's proposed "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" received support from Christian groups © Demotix/Edward Echwalu "][/caption] Last year, a couple was imprisoned for several months in Malawi following a…
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Brutal Assassination of Salman Taseer is Call to Abolish Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
Salman Taseer the Governor of Punjab was brutally assasinated on Tuesday January 4, 2011. He was a vocal opponent of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws.
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Will Gov. Schwarzenegger Grant Clemency?
Kevin Cooper has been on death row in California for 25 years. There are major unresolved doubts about his guilt and many have called on outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to…
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The Four Biggest Death Penalty Trends in 2010
The unworkable and degrading nature of capital punishment in the U.S. continued to reveal itself throughout 2010. The pace of executions slowed considerably as the year progressed, and the last…
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37 Iraqis at risk of imminent execution
On December 16 Deputy Justice Minister Busho Ibrahim said in an interview that Iraq will execute 37 people who have exhausted all legal remedies and their death sentences have been…
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Politics + Executions = Comedy Gold!
In emails that have come out during the appeal of New Hampshire’s one and only death sentence, we have learned that former New Hampshire Attorney General (and current U.S. Senator-elect)…