Two intellectually disabled half-brothers have been freed – one after 30 years on Death Row. “Justice Scalia believed the Red Springs murder proved the necessity of the death penalty. If this was the strongest case a Supreme Court justice could make for the continuation of the death penalty, McCollum’s innocence is an even stronger one…
Horribly Botched Execution in Arizona
Arizona’s execution of Joseph Wood took almost 2 hours. Journalists called to witness the execution said it was hard to watch, as Wood snorted and gasped. One described it like a “fish on shore gulping for air.” Arizona officials defended the procedure, saying that the proper protocols were followed. Arizona uses 2 drugs for executions…
Report: FBI Didn’t Reveal Flawed Lab Work in Death Row Cases
The Office of the Inspector General has released a report that slams the Justice Department and the FBI for not notifying prosecutors in 64 Death Row convictions that forensic evidence testimony may have been unreliable or erroneous. Three of those defendants were executed. As a result, state authorities could not consider whether to stay sentences,…