Expert suspects last execution in Oklahoma was extremely painful
An expert in anesthesiology has testified in a trial challenging Oklahoma state lethal injection protocol that a prisoner the state executed last month was likely… Read more
The German Coalition Against the Death Penalty e.V. regularly publishes current news about the death penalty in the USA and worldwide.
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An expert in anesthesiology has testified in a trial challenging Oklahoma state lethal injection protocol that a prisoner the state executed last month was likely… Read more
Russia is openly considering the reintroduction of the death penalty following the country’s suspension from the Council of Europe over the Ukraine war. The vice… Read more
On Thursday morning in the US state of Oklahoma, 35-year-old Gilbert Postelle was executed by lethal injection. He was sentenced to death for committing a… Read more
California Governor Gavin Newsom, who enacted a moratorium on executions three years ago, now wants to dismantle the nation’s largest death row by moving all… Read more
The Iranian regime has executed two homosexual men named Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi. This was reported by the Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency… Read more
After a delay of just over three hours, 44-year-old Matthew Reeves was executed by lethal injection Thursday night. He was sentenced to death for shooting… Read more
On Thursday morning, 46-year-old Donald Grant was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Oklahoma. Sentenced to death for the murders of two… Read more
Papua New Guinea has abolished the death penalty, becoming the first state to take this step in 2022. This was publicly announced on Thursday by… Read more
A judge in the U.S. state of Alabama has halted the execution of Matthew Reeves scheduled for Jan. 27, 2022. On Jan. 7, Judge R…. Read more
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has seen a sharp increase in the number of executions in 2021 compared to 2020, when official Saudi institutions praised… Read more
News up to 2019 (in German)