September 21, 2011 Georgia executed Troy Davis despite overwhelming evidence of innocence and almost a million people asking that his life be spared. Laura Finley writes: To have a system of justice that is so unjust as to kill those who may have been innocent is a tremendous blight on the freedoms and liberties we…
2 N.C. Men Exonerated After 30 Years
by Mark Elliott
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
by Mark Elliott
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…