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Arkansas Judge Blocks Remaining Executions
A Pulaski County judge has blocked the state of Arkansas from using its remaining lethal injection drugs in five executions scheduled for this month. The state plans to appeal.
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Stay Of Execution For Bruce Ward In Arkansas (USA: UA 66.17)
Bruce Ward, who was due to be put to death on 17 April in Arkansas, received a stay of execution. His lawyers maintain that his mental disability deprives him of…
Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Stay Of Execution For Don Davis In Arkansas (USA: UA 64.17)
The execution of Don Davis, scheduled for 17 April in Arkansas, did not go ahead. Minutes before midnight, when the death warrant was set to expire, the US Supreme Court…
Press Release
Activists Protest Upcoming Executions in Arkansas and Ask Governor for Clemency
Activists have gathered in Little Rock to protest the state’s plans to execute seven people in 10 days starting next week. The executions are scheduled before the state’s lethal injection…
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Urgent Action Victory! Texas Appeal Court Blocks Execution (USA: UA 72.17)
On 7 April, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution in the case of Paul Storey, who was scheduled to be put to death on 12…
Report
Death Sentences and Executions 2016
For the first time since 2006, and only the second time since 1991, the United States is not among the world's five biggest executioners, Amnesty International said in its 2016…
Press Release
Court Halts One of Eight Scheduled Arkansas Executions as Amnesty International Urges Governor to Commute All Sentences
A federal judge has blocked one of eight scheduled executions from going forward in Arkansas this month, saying that the case should have more time to be considered after the…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Texas Appeal Court Blocks Execution (USA: UA 72.17)
On 7 April, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution in the case of Paul Storey, who was scheduled to be put to death on 12…
Press Release
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Intellectually Impaired Prisoner on Death Row
The Supreme Court has determined that the state of Texas did not adhere to up-to-date medical and scientific standards when it determined that a prisoner was mentally competent to be…
Issue
Death Penalty
What is the problem? The death penalty is cruel and inhuman. The death penalty – also known as capital punishment – is irreversible and often imposed in cases where guilt…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Virginia Execution Reset As Doubts Persist (USA: UA 55/17)
Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 25 April. He maintains his innocence of the 2001 murder for which he was sent to death…
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Urgent Action Victory! Three Human Rights Defenders Freed (Sudan: UA 128/16)
Three human rights defenders Khalafalla A. Mukhtar, Midhat A. Hamdan and Mustafa Adam have been released after being sentenced to time served by a court in Khartoum, Sudan. The three,…