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The new governor of Maryland testified before legislators Wednesday that the state's death penalty should be abolished because it is "inherently unjust," ineffective as a deterrent and a drain on resources. Gov. Martin...

The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would abolish the state death penalty . HB 190 proposes replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment without possibility of release...

A North Carolina State Senator proposed a bill Thursday that will protect doctors who assist in executions from disciplinary actions. Senate Bill 114, filed by Republican State Senator Phil Berger , will shield health...

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen issued an executive order Thursday, directing the Tennessee Commissioner of Corrections to conduct a "comprehensive review of the manner in which death sentences are administered... and provide ...

Liliana Segura : "The Campaign to End the Death Penalty applauds the decision of the North Carolina Medical Board to refuse physician participation in executions, leading Judge Donald Stephens to halt executions in the state....

A North Carolina state judge on Thursday issued an injunction blocking two executions until Gov. Mike Easley issues new procedures to execute capital defendants without the presence of doctors. The new execution protocol is required after the North Carolina...

Thirty Democratic members of the North Carolina General Assembly urged Gov. Mike Easley on Tuesday to implement an immediate suspension of all state executions until an investigation shows that the state's execution...

The first US execution of 2007 took place Tuesday, when the state of Oklahoma executed a man by lethal injection for the 1992 murders of four people. The US Supreme Court denied Corey Duane Hamilton's...

The number of death sentences issued in 2006 reached the lowest level in 30 years, according to a 2006 year-end report issued by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) . The DPIC reported that...

Evans v. State of Maryland, Maryland Court of Appeals, December 19, 2006 [ruling that the state's lethal injection procedures are subject to the state's Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and therefore must be developed under the guidance of the Maryland attorney...