Texas posthumously declares Tommy Lee Walker, executed 70 years ago, innocent
19-year-old Tommy Lee Walker was charged with the rape and murder of a white woman on September 30, 1953—despite numerous witnesses who provided him with… Read more

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)
19-year-old Tommy Lee Walker was charged with the rape and murder of a white woman on September 30, 1953—despite numerous witnesses who provided him with… Read more
On Thursday evening, 58-year-old Frank Athen Walls was executed by lethal injection by the US state of Florida. He had murdered a 21-year-old man and… Read more
December 10 is International Human Rights Day because the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. In the USA,… Read more
The “Cities for Life” or “Cities for Life – Cities against the Death Penalty” campaign has been taking place on November 30 for 23 years,… Read more
On Thursday evening, 63-year-old Richard Barry Randolph was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Florida. He was sentenced to death for raping… Read more
On Friday evening, 44-year-old Stephen Corey Bryant was executed by a firing squad consisting of three gunmen in the US state of South Carolina. He… Read more
On the same day, one man in Oklahoma and one in Florida were to be executed by lethal injection. While Bryan Jennings succumbed to the… Read more
On Tuesday evening, 65-year-old Norman Mearle Grim, Jr. was executed by lethal injection by the US state of Florida. He was sentenced to death for… Read more
On Thursday evening, 54-year-old Anthony Todd Boyd was executed by nitrogen hypoxia in the US state of Alabama. He was sentenced to death for allegedly… Read more
Two more death sentences were carried out in the USA this week following Tuesday’s double execution. After Florida and Missouri, it was Charles Crawford in… Read more