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The German Coalition Against the Death Penalty e.V. regularly publishes current news about the death penalty in the USA and worldwide.

Further current news can be found e.g. in the English-language pages Death Penalty News or Hands off Cain.

News from the years before 2020, which were published in predecessors of this website, can be found in our News archive! (German language only)

11. January 2023

Texas executes Robert Fratta – with drug copy expired for several years

On Tuesday night, 65-year-old Robert Fratta was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas. He was sentenced to death for allegedly ordering the murder of… Read more

4. January 2023

Missouri: Scott/Amber McLaughlin executed – first execution 2023 hits transwoman

On Tuesday evening, 49-year-old transwoman Amber McLaughlin was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Missouri. As a man and using the name… Read more

25. December 2022

Zambia abolishes death penalty – head of state approves new penal code

Zambia has decided to abolish the death penalty. Head of state Hakainde Hichilema has approved the country’s new penal code, said presidential spokesman Anthony Bwalya…. Read more

17. December 2022

United Nations passes resolution for moratorium with record number of yes votes

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted by a historic majority of nearly two-thirds a resolution unequivocally calling on all countries to establish a… Read more

15. December 2022

Mississippi executes Thomas Edwin Loden Jr. – last execution in U.S. set for 2022

On Wednesday night, 58-year-old Thomas Edwin Loden Jr. was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Mississippi. He was sentenced to death for… Read more

14. December 2022

Oregon governor commutes all death sentences – step toward abolition

Oregon Governor Kate Brown called the death penalty “dysfunctional and immoral” and commuted the death sentences of the 17 prisoners on the state’s death row…. Read more

1. December 2022

Cities for Life – global annual cities’ day of action against the death penalty on November 30

For 20 years, and for the twenty-first time, this year on November 30, the action “Cities for Life” or “Cities for Life – Cities against… Read more

30. November 2022

Missouri: Kevin Johnson executed – his 19-year-old daughter was not allowed to accompany her father

On Tuesday evening, 37-year-old Kevin Johnson was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Missouri. He had shot a white police officer when… Read more

22. November 2022

Germany hosted the 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty, which took place in Berlin

The 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty ended in Berlin on Friday afternoon. More than 1000 participants from 90 countries had been expected to… Read more

19. November 2022

USA: Three executions and one stopped in just two days

In the USA, executions were scheduled in four states on November 16 and 17. Three death sentences were carried out – the last execution was… Read more

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