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
Florida: Frank Walls executed – last execution in record year 2025 for the US state
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
USA: Two executions in Florida and Tennessee frame World Human Rights Day
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
30. November: Cities for Life – Cities against the Death Penalty – worldwide campaign also in Germany
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
Florida: Richard Randolph executed – birth mother finds son on death row 60 years after adoption
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
South Carolina: Stephen Corey Bryant executed by firing squad
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
USA: Pardon in Oklahoma for Tremane Wood and execution in Florida of Bryan Jennings
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
Florida: Norman Mearle Grim, Jr. executed – despite lack of legal counsel
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
Alabama: Anthony Boyd executed with nitrogen – despite massive doubts about his guilt
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
USA: Charles Crawford (Mississippi) and Richard Djerf (Arizona) executed this week
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