- Former Chair of Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Parole Speaks Out Against the Death Penalty as Pending Moratorium Bills Gain Support in Legislatureby Death Penalty Information Center on March 11, 2025 at 3:05 pm
Adam Luck (pictured), the former Chairman of Oklahoma’s Board of Pardons and Parole and former member of the Oklahoma Board of Corrections, is now speaking out against the death penalty in Oklahoma. Explaining his change of heart, Mr. Luck cites […]
- Georgia House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Bill to Ease Threshold to Prove Intellectual Disability Ahead of Capital Trialsby Death Penalty Information Center on March 10, 2025 at 5:39 pm
On March 4, 2025, the Georgia House of Representatives, in a 172 – 0 vote, unanimously passed HB 123, which would provide pretrial hearings for capital defendants to raise intellectual disability claims and would lower […]
- New Report Highlights Alarming Rise in Arbitrary Arrests and Death Sentences for Youth in the Democratic Republic of the Congoby Death Penalty Information Center on March 7, 2025 at 5:09 pm
A new report published by Ius Stella, a non-profit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), highlights ongoing human rights violations in the nation’s efforts to eliminate urban gangs, which has been marked by arbitrary arrest and the imposition of […]
- South Carolina Preparing for State’s First Firing Squad Execution, Marking First Firing Squad Execution in U.S. in 15 Yearsby Death Penalty Information Center on March 4, 2025 at 3:44 pm
South Carolina law requires Brad Sigmon to “elect” how the state will kill him on March 7, 2025 — and he opted for death by firing squad. His choices were lethal injection, electrocution, or firing squad, with electrocution […]
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grants stay of execution to David Woodby Kristin on March 11, 2025 at 10:37 pm
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution to David Wood, who was scheduled to be put to death on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Wood has spent more than
- TCADP March 2025 Newsletter: Updates on innocence cases, Annual Conference recap, and the anniversary of a landmark decisionby Kristin on March 3, 2025 at 9:19 pm
In this edition: Scheduled executions: Urge a 90-day reprieve for David Wood to test the DNA Updates on innocence cases: Robert Roberson asks the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals again to
- State of Texas executes Richard Tablerby Kristin on February 13, 2025 at 1:36 pm
Last night, February 13, 2025, Texas carried out its second execution in a week, putting Richard Tabler to death for killing Mohamed-Amine Rahmouni and Haitham Zayed after a dispute in Bell
- State of Texas executes Steven Nelsonby Kristin on February 5, 2025 at 12:31 pm
Last night, February 5, 2025, the State of Texas executed Steven Nelson after the Supreme Court of the United States refused to intervene, denying his petition for a writ of certiorari