Death Row
# death-row - Thursday 13 June, 2013
Column: Ending the death penalty – a view from Texas
Former inmates are among those gathering to fight capital punishment at a world congress event that begins today, but Kirstin Houle from Texas says theirs is a daily struggle they know they will win.
# death-row - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
Former death row inmates fight capital punishment
The World Congress against the death penalty opens today in Madrid, and some former inmates spoke about their thoughts on the issue.
# death-row - Saturday 8 December, 2012
Write for Rights: The story of Chiou Ho-Shun
Taiwanese man wrongfully on death row is one of 12 the human rights abuse cases that Amnesty International wants to highlight – and get help with – before 2012 is out.
# death-row - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
US man refers to ‘very close race’ for presidency just before execution
Oklahoma executed a convicted murderer who referenced the presidential race in his final words last night.
# death-row - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Petitions in three Irish cities to mark World Death Penalty Day
Amnesty International Ireland will collect signatures hoping to prevent the execution of Anthony Haynes in Texas this month.
# death-row - Monday 17 September, 2012
Man who weighs over 34 stone says he’s too obese to be executed
Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post shot and killed a hotel clerk in northern Ohio almost 30 years ago.
# death-row - Monday 3 September, 2012
Green Mile actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies
Actor had suffered heart attack two months ago.
# death-row - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Californians to vote on measure to abolish death penalty
Supporters of the measure argue it could save the state millions of dollars. No one has been executed in the state since 2006.
# death-row - Sunday 11 December, 2011
Death Row sentence overturned thanks to jury member’s tweets
Erickson Dimas-Martinez will be retried because a juror tweeted about the case – and complained about the coffee.
# death-row - Sunday 16 October, 2011
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.
# death-row - Saturday 1 October, 2011
‘Don’t let me die in vain’: Executed Troy Davis remembered at memorial
Supporters have gathered for Davis’ funeral today, after his execution for a murder he insisted he did not commit.
# death-row - Tuesday 27 September, 2011
Texas turns down chef’s offer to cook death row ‘last meals’ for free
It follows the state’s decision to end the practice of offering special ‘last meal’ requests to inmates on death row.
# death-row - Friday 23 September, 2011
Texas strips death row inmates of ‘last meal’ privilege
Inmates awaiting execution in Texas will no longer be allowed to choose their final meal, after complaints about a hefty request.
# death-row - Thursday 22 September, 2011
Troy Davis executed by lethal injection
The 42-year-old spent more than two decades on death row for a crime he always maintained he did not commit. His request for a polygraph test before his execution was denied.
# death-row - Wednesday 21 September, 2011
Troy Davis’ final appeal denied, execution to go ahead
After spending more than two decades on death row, Georgia inmate Troy Davis is to be killed by lethal injection today – despite Amnesty International insisting that the evidence against him has “fallen apart”.
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Two arrests over Meath drugs haul, fears for hundreds of jobs at Aviva, how hurling is now a ‘foreign game’, and proof that death and taxes really are certainties in life…
# death-row - Saturday 27 August, 2011
Mitchell will release what clemency appeal letters he has
The Fine Gael presidential candidate is under pressure for letters appealing for clemency for death row inmates that he has written during his time as a TD and MEP.
# death-row - Friday 12 August, 2011
Mitchell defends letter seeking clemency for Death Row inmate
Gay Mitchell tells RTÉ that he sought clemency for Paul Hill simply because he thinks the death penalty “is barbaric”.
# death-row - Thursday 4 August, 2011
Calls for Mitchell to explain letter seeking clemency for double murderer
A Fine Gael TD is calling on the party’s presidential candidate to explain a letter he sent eight years ago.
# death-row - Wednesday 27 July, 2011
Column: A view to a kill – Why lawyers and judges should witness executions
Legal analyst Andrew Cohen argues in The Atlantic that legal argument on lethal injections cannot continue without those involved in the debate seeing exactly what happens in the death chamber.
# death-row - Thursday 21 July, 2011
Texas man executed despite shooting victim campaigning for his clemency
Mark Stroman was on death row following two murders in the aftermath of 9/11. One of those who survived his attacks campaigned for his release.
# death-row - Thursday 14 April, 2011
Denmark to lobby US states over use of drugs for death penalty
Minister says she will approach US states which use Danish-made drugs in their lethal injections.
# death-row - Wednesday 29 December, 2010
Cuba commutes last death sentence
Supreme Court in Cuba has commuted sentence of man convicted for killing one person during an attempted coup in 1994.
# death-row - Friday 24 September, 2010
Virginia executes Teresa Lewis by lethal injection
Meanwhile, Georgia prepares to execute death row man who attempted suicide this week.
# death-row - Thursday 23 September, 2010
Execution delayed after man attempts suicide
Legal team have until tomorrow morning to make their case against death by lethal injection.
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