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The US Supreme Court Thursday held that prisoners on death row may challenge their state’s method of execution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In Nance v. Ward, the court addressed the issue of whether a death row inmate could bring a case challenging the method of execution they will face. Petitioner Michael Nance received a death [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday refused to postpone the execution of an Arizona man. Frank Atwood received a death sentence in Arizona after he murdered an 8-year-old girl in 1984. In the released order, the court denied Atwood’s request to postpone his execution. Atwood was convicted for the murder of 8-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson in [...]

A Missouri man was executed Tuesday after the US Supreme Court denied his stay of execution in a two sentence order on Monday. Carman Deck asked the court to determine whether his constitutional rights were violated because there was a delay between his conviction and his final sentencing. Deck argued that the delay prevented him [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments for Kennedy v. Bremerton School District and Nance v. Ward. In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the court will decide whether a public school employee has the right, under the First Amendment, to pray in view of students on the football field.  Joe Kennedy, who was employed as [...]

The South Carolina Supreme Court Wednesday blocked the state from committing its first firing squad execution. Through the temporary stay, the planned execution of Richard Bernard Moore scheduled for April 29 has been put on hold. Moore was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, James Mahoney. The [...]

The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would provide confidentiality to suppliers and manufacturers of lethal injection drugs. House Bill 658 is intended to provide “legal protection from discovery or disclosure for certain persons and entities to carry out the death penalty.” The bill would provide confidentiality to any individual or entity [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday vacated a stay of execution for Alabama death row inmate Matthew Reeves, reversing the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday decision to uphold the stay amidst concerns that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) did not accommodate Reeves’ intellectual disability when he was asked to choose the method of [...]

Papua New Guinea abolished the death penalty on Friday. Capital punishment had originally been abolished by the Australian administration in 1970. However, it was reinstated by the government in 1991 under the leadership of Prime Minister Rabbi Namaliu for willful murder, in relation to treason and privacy. The country has not executed anyone since 1954. [...]

The Supreme Court on Friday added five more cases to its docket. Each of the five cases are likely to be argued in the court’s April argument session. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District addresses whether a public-school football coach who says a brief, quiet, but highly visible prayer at midfield after a football game is [...]

The US Supreme Court, on Thursday in a 5-3 decision, voted to reinstate the execution of John Marion Grant, allowing Oklahoma to commit its first execution in six years. A shortage of the traditionally accepted lethal injection drug cocktail has led states to experiment with new combinations. In 2014 and 2015, the state of Oklahoma [...]