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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)

18. October 2024

Derrick Dearman executed in Alabama and stay of execution for Robert Roberson in Texas

Two executions in two different US states were scheduled for Thursday evening at the same time – one death sentence was carried out, the other… Read more

2. October 2024

Texas: Garcia Glen White executed – acts committed under drug addiction

On Tuesday evening, 61-year-old Garcia Glen White was executed by lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital, in Huntsville in the US state of Texas. Although… Read more

27. September 2024

Executions in Oklahoma and Alabama – against clemency and with nitrogen

Once again, two death sentences were carried out in the USA on the same day – in Oklahoma by lethal injection and in Alabama using… Read more

25. September 2024

Executions in Missouri and Texas – in one case against the will of the prosecution

Death sentences were carried out almost simultaneously in two US states on Tuesday – in Missouri and Texas. Texas On Tuesday evening, 38-year-old Travis Mullis… Read more

21. September 2024

South Carolina: Freddie Owens executed – despite exoneration by his accomplice

On Friday evening, 46-year-old Freddie Eugene Owens was executed with a lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital, in the US state of South Carolina. It… Read more

30. August 2024

Florida: Loran Cole executed – despite massive abuse at notorious reform school

On Thursday evening, 57-year-old Loran Kenstley Cole was executed by lethal injection in the US state. He was sentenced to death for the murder of… Read more

8. August 2024

Texas and Utah: Two executions within a few hours – Arthur Burton and Taberon Honie

Within just five hours, the death sentences of Arthur Lee Burton and Taberon Dave Honie were carried out in the US states of Texas and… Read more

19. July 2024

Alabama: Keith Gavin executed – despite flawed defense in trial and appeals

On Thursday evening, 64-year-old Keith Edmund Gavin was executed by lethal injection by the US state of Alabama. He had been found guilty by a… Read more

17. July 2024

Texas: Stay of execution for Ruben Gutierrez – 20 minutes before lethal injection

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was scheduled to receive the lethal… Read more

27. June 2024

Texas: Ramiro Gonzales executed – although expert had recanted his testimony

On Wednesday evening, 41-year-old Ramiro Gonzales was executed with a lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital, in Huntsville in the US state of Texas. He… Read more

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