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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that it will resume the federal use of capital punishment, and that it is seeking death sentences against 44 defendants. The DOJ also said that it will use firing squads, electrocution, or nitrogen asphyxiation if the drug used in lethal injection is unavailable. The announcement follows the [...]

Israel’s new death penalty law is one of the most discriminatory pieces of execution legislation that the world has witnessed since Hitler’s Third Reich. This incontrovertible truth is yet another reason why the Israeli Knesset’s recent passage of its heinous “Death Penalty for Terrorists” law on March 30 has effectively defiled this year’s observance of [...]

One year ago, Louisiana broke a 15-year halt on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive activity,” and media witnesses described twitching, clenched hands, head movements, and jerking as the gas took hold. This contradiction should shape our reflection a year later. The real [...]

In this interview, law professor Corinna Barrett Lain discusses her book “Secrets of the Killing State,” which exposes the troubling realities behind lethal injection as a method of execution. Lain, a death penalty researcher and law professor, explains how lethal injection is based on “fake science” rather than medical expertise, details the extensive secrecy measures [...]

During the very week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Israeli Knesset continues to debate a monstrous proposed bill to resurrect capital punishment in the ostensible Jewish state. Such a spectacle is nothing short of an abject desecration of that sacred day. Drawing directly on his Holocaust experience, Nobel Laureate and acclaimed [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday urged the Israeli government to abandon proposed legislation that would mandate death sentences exclusively for Palestinians in specific cases, for crimes committed either in Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Türk stated that the proposed legislation is “inconsistent with Israel’s obligations under the International Covenant [...]

On November 10, right-wing Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir proposed a bill that would use the death penalty to punish Palestinian terrorists convicted of killing Israeli citizens. Some Knesset members have argued that such a law would prevent future prisoner release swaps, as there would be little value for a dead prisoner in such an exchange. [...]

With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory, I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don’t think it’s human to become an agent of the angel of death. Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) Holocaust survivor and [...]

A ceasefire is an agreed-upon temporary cessation of hostilities, allowing for negotiation and the delivery of humanitarian aid. It has no legal definition under international law. As Israel and Hamas are now engaged in a ceasefire, a small glimmer of light appears. The last 20 living hostages have been returned to Israel. In exchange, Israel [...]

Courtroom Developments in the Luigi Mangione Hearing The New York State case against Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, saw a major development on Tuesday. Shortly after proceedings began, the court granted Mangione’s motion to dismiss two terrorism-related charges: first-degree murder as an act of terrorism and second-degree [...]