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Man with Serious Mental Disability to Be Executed in Virginia
Following the announcement that Gov. McAuliffe will not halt tonight’s execution of William Morva — a death row prisoner diagnosed…
July 6, 2017
Press Release
Arkansas Executes Kenneth Williams, Fourth and Final Execution Over the Past 10 Days
The state of Arkansas executed Kenneth Williams tonight, ending a spate of eight scheduled executions that were set to take…
April 28, 2017
Press Release
Arkansas Scheduled Double Execution is Heinous and Shameful
Arkansas executed Jack Jones today, the second of four prisoners scheduled to be executed before the state’s supply of lethal…
April 24, 2017
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Arkansas Kills Prisoner in First of Horrific Spate of Executions
Arkansas executed Ledell Lee today, the first of four prisoners scheduled to be executed before the state’s supply of lethal…
April 21, 2017
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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…
April 20, 2017
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All Arkansas Executions Temporarily Put On Hold After Judge Blocks Use of Lethal Injection Drugs
An Arkansas judge has temporarily blocked six executions from taking place after the company that manufactured the drugs to be…
April 15, 2017
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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…
April 14, 2017
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…
April 7, 2017
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Hamas executes three civilians tried in Gaza military courts
In response to the appalling news that three men convicted of collaborating with Israel were hanged today by the Hamas…
April 6, 2017
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…
April 6, 2017
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…
March 28, 2017
Press Release
Amnesty International Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling on Duane Buck Death Penalty Case
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling granting a new sentencing hearing to Duane Buck based on evidence of racial bias in…
February 22, 2017