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OK Criminal Defense Attorney Breaks Down Richard Glossip's Request for Release
Humane Society · Oklahoma City

OK Criminal Defense Attorney Breaks Down Richard Glossip's Request for Release

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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A local Criminal Defense Attorney weighed in on Richard Glossip's legal team's request for his release. Criminal Defense Attorney Joe Griffin says a deal in any big criminal case isn't uncommon. "Defense attorneys and prosecutors make deals all the time," Attorney Griffin said. Richard Glossip’s attorneys file motion for his release The motion for Glossip's release was filed Wednesday morning. His attorneys say a dea…See the Story
Stay Sought in Zakrzewski Execution
Death Penalty · Franklin

Stay Sought in Zakrzewski Execution

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Attorneys for Death Row inmate Edward Zakrzewski on Wednesday asked the Florida Supreme Court for a stay of his scheduled July 31 execution as they argue that his death sentences were unconstitutional. Gov. Ron DeSantis on July 1 signed a…See the Story
Morgan City Filmmaker Working to Tell the Story of the First Woman Executed in Louisiana
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Morgan City Filmmaker Working to Tell the Story of the First Woman Executed in Louisiana

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BATON ROUGE — A Morgan City filmmaker is in the process of making a documentary about the first woman executed by the state of Louisiana.Nearly 100 years ago, a married woman named Ada Leouef was accused of having an affair with the family physician, Dr. Tom Dreher. Soon, Leouef and Dreher were sentenced to death. Matison Leblanc is telling Lebouef's story in her new project "Ada and the Doc.""Everybody on that trial knew Ada and thought she was…See the Story

Federal Court Excoriates Prosecutors in Grant of Relief to Former Virginia Death-Sentenced Prisoner Who Has Always Maintained His Innocence | Death Penalty Information Center

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On July 7, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of for­mer Virginia death-sen­tenced pris­on­er Justin Wolfe, vacat­ing a low­er court dis­missal of his most recent habeas peti­tion, and paving the way for a new hear­ing where Mr. Wolfe will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pro­vide new evi­dence in sup­port of his inno­cence. Mr. Wolfe was con­vict­ed and sen­tenced to death in 2002 for the 2001 mur­der-for-hire of his cannabis su…Virginia, United States · VirginiaRead Article

DPI Series: Facts About the Death Penalty - Does the Death Penalty Cost Less Than Life Without Parole? | Death Penalty Information Center

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One of the most com­mon myths about the death penal­ty is that it costs less than sen­tenc­ing some­one to spend the rest of their life in a max­i­mum secu­ri­ty prison, because many assume that the state saves mon­ey when an exe­cut­ed per­son no longer requires con­fine­ment in prison, health care, or related expenses. But this assump­tion has been repeat­ed­ly proven to be wrong. Several fac­tors con­tribute to the high cost of the death pena…United States · United StatesRead Article

ACLU Report Shows How Death Penalty Jury Selection Discriminates Against Black Americans, Women, and People of Faith | Death Penalty Information Center

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A new report from the ACLU doc­u­ments how the process of select­ing juries for death penal­ty cas­es sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly excludes Black prospec­tive jurors, women, and peo­ple of faith, fun­da­men­tal­ly under­min­ing the con­sti­tu­tion­al promise of a tri­al by a jury of one’s peers. The report, *Fatal Flaws: Revealing the Racial and Religious Gerrymandering of the Capital Jury*, exam­ines the prac­tice of ​“death qual­i­fi­ca­tion,” a requir…ACLU · United StatesRead Article

DPI’s Podcast 12:01 The Death Penalty in Context: Journalists Reflect on the Challenges and Importance of Media Reporting on the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center

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In this month’s pod­cast episode of 12:01 The Death Penalty in Context, DPI’s Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with Sam Levin, a cor­re­spon­dent with *The Guardian* who cov­ers crim­i­nal jus­tice and the legal sys­tem, and Jimmy Jenkins, a crim­i­nal jus­tice reporter for *The Arizona Republic*, about the chal­lenges they encounter when report­ing on the increas­ing secre­tive use of the death penal­ty. Mr. Jenkins has wit­nessed exe­cu…Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixRead Article

Bato refiles death penalty bill vs drug traffickers

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Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Wednesday refiled in the 20th Congress a measure that seeks to restore the death penalty for large-scale drug traffickers.Death Penalty · PhilippinesSee the Story

Vietnam Eliminates Death Penalty for Eight Offenses | Death Penalty Information Center

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On June 25, 2025, Vietnam’s National Assembly approved a mea­sure intro­duced by the gov­ern­ment to reduce the num­ber of death-eli­gi­ble offens­es from 18 to 10. Effective July 1, 2025, the for­mer­ly cap­i­tal crimes of ille­gal drug trans­port, pro­duc­tion and sale of coun­ter­feit med­i­cine, embez­zle­ment, accept­ing bribes, espi­onage, jeop­ar­diz­ing peace and wag­ing war, and van­dal­iz­ing state prop­er­ty will be pun­ish­able by li…Death Penalty · VietnamSee the Story

Hundreds Rally to Urge Commutation of California’s Death Row | Death Penalty Information Center

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On June 26, 2025, more than 200 Californians and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of civ­il rights orga­ni­za­tions gath­ered at the state Capitol to urge California Governor Gavin Newsom to com­mute all death sen­tences. Speakers at the gath­er­ing called California’s death penal­ty statute uncon­sti­tu­tion­al and not­ed per­sis­tent evi­dence of racial bias, his­toric ties to lynch­ing, inef­fec­tive pro­tec­tion of inno­cent lives, and high costs. Califo…Gavin Newsom · SacramentoRead Article

Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn’t be executed

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Texas Politics · TexasSee the Story

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