Oklahoma: Julius Jones’ death sentence commuted on day of his execution
Oklahoma state Governor Kevin Stitt has pardoned inmate Julius Jones, who was scheduled to be executed Thursday night. Acting on the recommendation of the state… Read more
Mississippi: David Neal Cox executed – first execution since 2012
On Wednesday night, 50-year-old David Neal Cox was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Mississippi. He was sentenced to death for killing… Read more
Japan: Death row inmates file lawsuit over inhumane execution date information
Two death-row inmates in Japan are suing the country over the way prisoners are informed just hours before they are to be executed. They are… Read more
Oklahoma: John Marion Grant executed – first execution in six years
On Thursday night, 60-year-old John Marion Grant was executed by lethal injection by the state of Oklahoma. He was sentenced to death for stabbing a… Read more
Alabama: Willie B. Smith III executed despite mental disability (IQ = 64)
After a delay of more than three hours, 52-year-old Willie B. Smith III was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Alabama on… Read more
186. innocent person exonerated in the USA: Sherwood Brown freed after 26 years on death row
Sherwood Brown was exonerated by the prosecution, which in 1995 put him on death row in Mississippi for a triple murder he did not committed,… Read more
Missouri executes Ernest Lee Johnson – despite mental disability and protest even from Vatican
On Tuesday night, 61-year-old Ernest Lee Johnson was executed by lethal injection by the state of Missouri. He was sentenced to death for a 1994… Read more
US state of Texas executes Rick Rhoades for double murder 30 years ago
On Tuesday night, 57-year-old Rick Rhoades was executed with a lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital, in Huntsville, Texas. He was sentenced to death for… Read more
Minors at the time of the crime are threatened with the death penalty in Sudan – disputed legal situation
Currently, four prisoners are awaiting execution in Sudan for crimes they are alleged to have committed and for which they were convicted when they were… Read more