Lawyer for two inmates says practice of giving prisoners notice of only a matter of hours is ‘extremely inhumane’Two death row inmates in Japan are suing the government, claiming that the practice of not informing inmates of the time of their execution…
Pleas for clemency grow ahead of Ernest Lee Johnson’s execution
Missouri Democrats Cori Bush and Emanuel Cleaver II join Pope in calls to governor for sentence to be set asidePleas for clemency on behalf of convicted murderer Ernest Lee Johnson are growing more frantic ahead of his scheduled execution by lethal inj…
‘It’s part of my faith’: Death row inmate calls for pastor to lay hands on him during execution
John Henry Ramirez’s lawsuit reveals how rules around executions – from last meals to last words – are shaped by custom and sometimes spite rather than rightsJohn Henry Ramirez does not want to die alone. The Texas prisoner knows that at his execution,…