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California Spent 4 Million Dollars Trying to Kill Prisoner
One would assume that a state facing a significant financial crisis would choose to spend its resources on practical policies and beneficial projects. Why, then, did California waste $4 million…
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California Rushing to Kill Before Drug Expires
Now we know why California is in a rush to execute Albert Brown. His lethal injection, now scheduled for 9 pm on Thursday, September 30, will take place just three…
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10 Reasons to Abolish the Death Penalty
October 10th, 2010 is the World Day Against the Death Penalty, and the focus this year is on the USA. Here are 10 reasons why we need to stop the…
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Drug Company: Stop Using Our Product For Executions
Hospira, is the lone US company that manufactures sodium thiopental, the anesthetic used in all lethal injections. Today, the company sent a letter to all states urging them to stop…
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Act Now to Stop the Execution of Brandon Rhode
[caption id="attachment_13249" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Brandon Rhode's stitched neck wound. © Private"][/caption] [Update 12:15 am (Sept. 27): Brandon Rhode was granted a stay of execution by the Georgia Supreme Court on Friday…
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Why is California Rushing to Kill Albert Brown?
California has not put anyone to death in nearly 5 years. Litigation around the state’s lethal injection procedures has led to a de facto moratorium on executions. But that moratorium…
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Please Stay Alive, We Are Supposed to Kill You
Brandon Rhode was rushed to the hospital to prevent him from dying following his suicide attempt delaying his scheduled execution by the state of Georgia.
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The Great Experiment?
In a recent report to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the US touted its human rights record and argued that: The American experiment is a human experiment; the…
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The Cruelty of Killing the Intellectually Disabled
How does killing the intellectually disabled give us justice?
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Thank you Gov. Strickland for not executing Kevin Keith!
Ohio's Governor Ted Strickland recently commuted the death sentence of Kevin Keith, who was scheduled to be executed on September 15th, to life without parole.
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Will North Carolina Halt Executions?
Following the release of a devastatingly critical report on the shoddy work of North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) crime labs, Seth Edwards, the president of the North Carolina…
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Man Sentenced to Death in Saudi Arabia for 'Sorcery'
“Sorcery” isn’t actually defined as a crime in Saudi Arabian law, but it’s been used to punish people for the peaceful expression of human rights such as the freedom of…