Juan Roberto Meléndez-Colón spent seventeen years, eight months and one day on Florida’s death row for a crime he did not commit. His story highlights the many problems that plague […]
In This Edition: Scheduled Executions Upcoming Events Recent News New Resources Calendar Scheduled Executions April 26: Beunka Adams May 2: Anthony Bartee Respond to each execution by attending a vigil […]
Last night, March 28, 2012, the State of Texas executed Jesse Hernandez for the murder of 10-month-old Karlos Borjas in 2001. Hernandez and his wife were babysitting Karlos and his […]
According to a report released today, March 27, 2012, by the human rights organization Amnesty International, at least 676 people were executed in 20 countries in 2011, compared with 527 […]
On March 23, 2012, jurors in Johnson County sentenced Mark Anthony Soliz to death for the murder of 61-year-old Nancy Weatherly during a crime spree in 2010 that stretched across […]
On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the State of Texas executed Keith Thurmond. He was convicted of killing his estranged wife, Sharon Thurmond, and her boyfriend, Guy Fernandes, near Magnolia in Montgomery […]
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Last night, February 29, 2012, the State of Texas executed George Rivas. It was the second execution of the year in Texas and the sixth nationwide. Rivas was convicted and […]