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- AR: Arkansas Releases West Memphis Three, One from Death Row
Damien Echols was freed from death row and two codefendants were freed from prison in Arkansas on August 19 after almost two decades of maintaining their innocence for the murder of three children in 1993. (8/22/11, DPIC Update)
- CA: New Study Reveals California Has Spent $4 Billion on the Death Penalty
A new study of California's death penalty found that taxpayers have spent more than $4 billion on capital punishment since it was reinstated in 1978, or $308 million for each of the 13 executions carried out since then. The study, conducted by U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Arthur L. Alarcon and Loyola Law School Professor Paula M. Mitchell estimated that capital trials, enhanced security on death row and legal representation for capital defendants add $184 million to California's budget annually.
(6/27/11, DPIC Update)
- DE: Delaware Death Row Inmate Granted Clemency, Citing Evidence of Severe Childhood Abuse
Delaware Governor Jack Markell commuted the death sentence of Robert Gattis to life without parole, citing the defendant's troubled childhood.
(1/23/12, DPIC Update)
- GA: Sister Helen Prejean Appeals to U.S. Drug Company on Behalf of Georgia Death Row Inmate
Noted author and human rights activist, Sister Helen Prejean, has released a letter sent to George S. Barrett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cardinal Health in Dublin, Ohio, asking him to secure the return of drugs that may be used to execute Andrew De Young in Georgia and "to take every step possible to make your actual practices comply with your stated business and ethical codes."
(6/27/11, DPIC Update)
- OR: Gov. John Kitzhaber Stops Executions In Oregon, Calls System 'compromised And Inequitable'
Gov. John Kitzhaber announced today he will not allow the execution of Gary Haugen -- or any death row inmate -- to take place while he is in office. The death penalty is morally wrong and unjustly administered, Kitzhaber said. "In my mind it is a perversion of justice," he said at an emotional news conference in Salem.
(11/22/11, OregonLive.com)
- PA: Mumia Abu-Jamal No Longer Faces Death Penalty
Philadelphia prosecutors have dropped their pursuit of the death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of fatally shooting a police officer nearly three decades ago. Abu-Jamal will instead serve a life sentence in prison, prosecutors said. (12/7/11, CNN.com)
- TX: Inmate With IQ of 62 Faces Imminent Execution
A recent editorial in the Houston Chronicle highlights the case of Texas death-row inmate Milton Mathis, whose IQ of 62 places him well below the threshold for intellectual disability (formerly called "mental retardation"). Mr. Mathis faces execution on June 21, despite the 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Atkins v. Virginia, which banned the execution of inmates with intellectual disabilities. (6/20/11, DPIC Update)
- USA: Most Recent NAACP Death RowUSA Report Available
The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's "Death Row USA" showed a decrease of 29 inmates in the death row population between January 1 and April 1, 2011. The total population of state and federal death rows is significantly smaller now (3,222 inmates) than in 2000 (3,682 inmates). ... Alabama (206). Neither California nor Pennsylvania have carried out an executiion in the past six years. The report also contains information on the race and gender of the victims in the underlying murders for those executed and an overview of recent legal developments related to capital punishment.
(1/9/12, DPIC Update)
- USA: Year End Report: Death Sentences Plunge to Historic Lows
The Death Penalty Information Center released its latest report, "The Death Penalty in 2011: Year End Report," on statistics and trends in capital punishment in the past year. The report noted that new death sentences dropped to 78 in 2011, marking the first time since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976 that the country has produced less than 100 death sentences in a year. ... "Executions, death sentences, public support, the number of states with the death penalty all dropped from previous years. Whether it's concerns about unfairness, executing the innocent, the high costs of the death penalty, or the general feeling that the government just can't get it right, Americans moved further away from capital punishment in 2011." (12/12/11, DPIC Update)
- USA: Death Penalty's Unlikely Opponents
Coleman, 50, is among the most unlikely opponents of the death penalty, people who lost loved ones to unspeakable violence yet believe executing the killer will do nothing for family members or society. Their stance is backed by groups like Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation and Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, and their reasons aren't as religious or political as one might think. Some feel so strongly they've spoken against the death penalty even when it wasn't an option in their loved one's case. (10/24/11, CNN.com)
- USA: Expensive Federal Death Penalty Case Ends with Life Without Parole
A unanimous jury in a federal death penalty prosecution in New York voted to impose a life sentence on Vincent Basciano, an organized-crime leader who had earlier been convicted of murder, racketeering, and conspiracy. ...
the case had already cost taxpayers $3 million, and the ultimate bill was estimated to be as high as $10 million. (6/13/11, DPIC Update)
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