Sole Provider of New Drug for U.S. Executions Faces Ethical Dilemma
Lundbeck Inc., a Danish pharmaceutical company that is the sole manufacturer of pentobarbital for sale in the U.S.,is facing an ethical dilemma regarding the use of its drug in executions....
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2011 Death Penalty Update
Between January and the end of June 2011, there were 25 executions in 9 states. During the same time period last year, there were 29 executions. Of the executions this year, 8 were carried out using...
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NEW VOICES: In Inter-racial Killing, Victim's Family Asks District Attorney...
Family members of James Anderson (pictured), who was killed on June 26 in Jackson, Mississippi, are asking the District Attorney not to seek the death penalty for Anderson's killer. Deryl Dedmon, a...
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NEW VOICES: The "Death Penalty's Unlikely Opponents"
A recent CNN perspective examined the views of those they called "the most unlikely opponents of the death penalty, people who lost loved ones to unspeakable violence yet believe executing the killer...
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DPIC RESOURCES: New State Pages Now Available
DPIC is pleased to announce the completion of our State Information Pages for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. These state profiles provide historical and current information on the death...
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MENTAL ILLNESS: Mississippi Inmate With Severe Mental Illness Faces Imminent...
Edwin Turner (pictured), a death row inmate in Mississippi, is scheduled for execution on February 8. His attorney, Jim Craig, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court and Governor Phil Bryant for a...
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EXECUTIONS: The U.S. in Mid-Year 2012
In the first half of 2012, eight states carried out 23 executions. In the same period last year, there were 25 executions in 9 states. The annual number of executions has declined significantly from...
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TIME ON DEATH ROW: "The Faces of Mississippi's Death Row"
Conditions for the the 50 inmates on Mississippi’s death row are perhaps typical of death rows around the country, but are nevertheless debilitating and cruel. Most inmates spend an average of 12-15...
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Mississippi Inmate Faces Execution Despite Questionable Evidence from...
Jeffrey Havard (pictured) is facing execution in Mississippi despite the fact that key evidence against him came from a medical examiner who has been harshly criticized by experts in his field. Havard...
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Execution Approaching While Key DNA Evidence Remains Untested
UPDATE: Execution stayed by Mississippi Supreme Court. Since 1994, Willie Manning, an inmate on Mississippi's death row, has been requesting DNA testing of critical evidence recovered from the crime...
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FBI To Examine 27 Death Penalty Cases For Potentially Inaccurate Testimony
A Federal Bureau of Investigation review of more than 21,000 cases has revealed 27 death penalty cases in which the FBI's forensic experts may have exaggerated the scientific conclusions that could be...
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After FBI Revelations, Mississippi Court Reverses Itself And Grants DNA Testing
After earlier voting to deny death row inmate Willie Manningaccess to DNA testing, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed itself on July 23 and cleared the way for the testing of evidence in Manning's...
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NEW VOICES: Former Death Row Warden Opposed Death Penalty
Donald Cabana, the former warden of the Mississippi State Penitentiary who died recently, spent many years actively opposing the death penalty. Having supervised several executions, Cabana was...
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