The Killing Continues Since the suspension of the death penalty in Japan in September of 2009, the US is the only developed nation in the world that continues to execute its citizens -- but, perhaps, not for long. The unmasking of the political agenda behind state sanctioned killing during the... » read this article

As we near two weeks after the devastating earthquake and terrifying aftershocks in Port-au-Prince and Zacmel, Haiti, we face the inevitable media wall, that closes up, unless a story emerges of such surprise and delight that it's able to shine through.   For the media light, by it's very nature,... » read this article

In a three-sentence unsigned order, the United States Supreme Court has reversed a decision of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that had found Mumia Abu-Jamal's original death sentence to be unconstitutional. The case has been sent back to the Third Circuit "for further consideration" in light of another decision... » read this article

Editor's Note: This message comes from Gloria Rubac who works in the movement for abolition of the death penalty, a mission whole-heartedly endorsed by Axis of Logic. We all know how Gov. Rick Perry and his ilk enjoy killing people in Texas and I'm sure this battle will continue to... » read this article

Bulletin:  U.S. Supreme Court ruling today could bring back the death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Activist, Intellectual and Political Prisoner NO DEATH PENALTY FOR MUMIA! ALL OUT FOR 1/20 EMERGENCY DEMO! TOMORROW, WED, Jan. 20, 4 PM-7 PM, HARLEM STATE OFFICE BLDG, 125TH & 7TH "All you pen devils knew... » read this article

STUDENT JOURNALISTS in Northwestern University's Medill Innocence Project are undoubtedly familiar with the machinations of the criminal justice system: sleazy prosecutors, character assassinations, unfounded charges. Over the past two decades, their work re-investigating criminal cases has helped exonerate 11 men wrongfully convicted of murder, including five who had been death... » read this article

Three murderers have been put to death by lethal injection in Texas, Ohio and Louisiana, the first executions this year in the US.  Ohio executed Abdullah Sharif Kaazim Mahdi, 37, the second person to be killed using a single drug that was introduced to prevent botched executions. Born Vernon Smith,... » read this article

READ KENNETH MOSLEY'S HISTORY AND OUR UPDATES ON HIS CASE FROM JULY 2009 LEADING UP TO HIS EXECUTION ON JANUARY 7, 2010. Texas executed its first person of 2010 today and the 448th since 1982. The person's name was Kenneth Mosley. Next week, Texas is set to execute Gary Johnson.... » read this article

January 6, 2010: Tomorrow, January 7 at 6 P.M., the State of Texas will kill Kenneth Mosley unless the state hears the call of human rights, death-penalty abolition and religious groups and grants him clemency. Read the articles below to see how you can help. - Britta Slopianka and Les... » read this article

Editor's Comment: We introduce this story with a repost of a NYT report which we published on October 17 of this year. A number of documents which we consulted since then, indicate that there are significant errors and omissions in the NYT report regarding the background and conviction of Debra... » read this article

James Bain was 19 in 1974 when he was convicted of kidnapping and raping a child. He had no criminal record. The child, a 9-year-old boy, identified Bain as the man who attacked him. Years later, the boy testified in a sworn deposition that he had been asked to pick... » read this article

LUCASVILLE, Ohio — A Trumbull County man became the first person in American history executed using a single drug instead of a three-drug cocktail. Kenneth Biros, 51, was pronounced dead today at 11:47 a.m. after being lethally injected in his arms with a single massive dose of barbiturates in the... » read this article

For the past 15 years, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has voiced his concern about capital punishment. Late Tuesday night, his disapproval grew even louder when he wrote a passionate opinion that sparked controversy with a fellow justice. Could this be a signal that the 89-year-old justice may... » read this article

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A 44-year-old Texas man was executed Thursday evening for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl, despite pleas from his attorneys he was too mentally impaired to qualify for capital punishment. Bobby Wayne Woods received lethal injection about a half-hour after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt... » read this article

Combat stress must be considered by a jury, the justices rule for the first time in a Florida case in which murderer George Porter's own lawyer didn't know he served in the Army, earning two Purple Hearts. December 1, 2009 Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court today threw out a... » read this article

FRANKFORT—Kentucky must halt all executions by lethal injection because it did not properly adopt the procedures for using the three-drug cocktail, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The 4-3 ruling, written by Justice Lisabeth Hughes Abramson, says that the appropriate administrative process was not followed, including holding public hearings before... » read this article

JARRATT -- Death-row inmate Larry Bill Elliott was executed tonight for the 2001 murder of Dana Thrall of Prince William County. Elliott, 60, a former Army intelligence officer from Hanover, Md., died in the electric chair at Greensville Correctional Center, about 60 miles south of Richmond. He was pronounced dead... » read this article

HUNTSVILLE — Gerald Eldridge was midway through his final meal of pancakes, peanut butter, oatmeal cookies and chocolate milk Tuesday when a Houston federal judge — responding to an appeal that argued the Houston killer is incompetent to be executed — granted a stay. Eldridge, 45, condemned for the 1993... » read this article

Former Texas prosecutor Sam Millsap drew upon personal experience Saturday night while raising judicial and financial objections to capital punishment at a meeting of the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty in Topeka.   The life, and more pointedly, the death of small-time hoodlum Ruben Montoya Cantu is etched into the... » read this article

Protesters speak out against Ohio executions   YOUNGSTOWN - Beverly Terry has a deep interest in putting a stop to executions in Ohio: Her son is on death row. She admits what happened that June morning in 1996 was terrible - a 3-year-old Youngstown girl killed in a drive-by shooting... » read this article