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Federal appeals court rejects Georgia death row inmate's challenge
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday rejected a Georgia death row inmate's legal challenge. The federal appeals court rejected inmate Brandon Astor Jones' challenge to Georgia law that shields the identity of the producer of (More) |
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India court convicts six in 2013 gang rape and murder
A court in India on Friday convicted six of the eight accused of gang raping and murdering a 20-year-old college student in the Kamduni village district of the state of West Bengal. The conviction comes after more than two-and-a-half years since the (More) |
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Mississippi AG to seek approval of alternate execution methods
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood stated Wednesday that he plans to ask lawmakers to approve the firing squad, electrocution or nitrogen gas as alternate methods of execution if the state prohibits lethal injections. States access to execution (More) |
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AI releases report on death row juveniles in Iran
Amnesty International (AI) released a report Tuesday on the many juvenile offenders on death row in Iran. The report states that 73 executions of juvenile offenders took place between 2005 and 2015 and that 160 juvenile offenders are currently on (More) |
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Alabama inmate executed after US Supreme Court rejects appeal
Alabama death row inmate Christopher Brooks was executed Thursday night after the US Supreme Court denied his (More) |
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Alabama man requests stay of execution from Supreme Court
Christopher Brooks, an Alabama man scheduled for execution by lethal injection appealed to the US Supreme Court on Thursday for a stay of execution on the grounds that the sentencing procedure is unconstitutional. Brooks was sentenced to death for (More) |
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Supreme Court rules against mitigating factor jury instruction in death penalty cases
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Kansas v. Carr that a jury in a death penalty case does not need to be advised that mitigating factors , which can lessen the severity of a criminal act, do not need to proven beyond a reasonable doubt lik (More) |
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Orlando top prosecutor requests death penalty trial delays
Florida State Attorney Jeff Ashton is requesting that state judges temporarily delay death penalty case trials after the US Supreme Court ruling that Florida's capital sentencing scheme violates the Sixth Amendment. The request, he stated, is bein (More) |
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Florida Supreme Court refuses to delay upcoming execution
Florida's Supreme Court on Friday denied a request from a death row inmate to delay his execution in light of the recent US Supreme Court ruling that Florida's capital sentencing scheme was unconstitutional under the Sixth Amendment. Cary Michae (More) |
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Supreme Court overturns Florida capital sentencing scheme
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Hurst v. Florida that Florida's capital sentencing scheme violates the Sixth Amendment. The Florida law states that in a sentencing hearing, the jury hears the evidence and votes on an "advisory sentence, (More) |
Sirhan convicted of assassinating RFK
On April 17, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in the state.
