Texas and Alabama: One execution (Cedric Ricks) and one pardon (Charles “Sonny” Burton)
Two executions were scheduled in the US this week. Cedric Ricks was executed in Texas on Wednesday. Charles Burton, who was scheduled to die by… 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
“The Death Penalty protects no one – Abolish it now!” (World Day Against the Death Penalty 2025)
Hello dear readers, my name is Charles L. Burton Jr. and I am on death row in Alabama. I have been here for several years…. Read more
USA: Two simultaneous executions in Alabama and Texas – Geoffrey West and Blaine Milam executed
Two death sentences were carried out at once in the USA. This means that 33 people have already been executed in the United States this… Read more
USA: Two executions within an hour of each other in Florida and Alabama
On Tuesday, one man was executed within an hour of each other in Florida and Alabama – Anthony Wainwright died by lethal injection, Gregory Hunt… Read more
USA: Moises Mendoza in Texas and James Osgood in Alabama both executed by lethal injection
In the United States, one death sentence was carried out on Wednesday and one on Thursday. Moises Mendoza was executed in Texas and James Osgood… Read more
USA: Steven Nelson in Texas and Demetrius Frazier in Alabama were executed
Two death sentences were carried out in the USA within just 24 hours – Steven Nelson was executed in Texas and Demetrius Frazier in Alabama…. Read more
Alabama: Carey Dale Grayson executed – third execution with nitrogen
On Thursday evening, 50-year-old Carey Dale Grayson was executed by the administration of pure nitrogen in the US state of Alabama. He was sentenced to… Read more
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
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