NYTIMES (Rick Rojas) - Alabama Executes Inmate After Supreme Court Blocked Last Attempt
Jeffery Lee had raised concerns about use of nitrogen gas and the legacy of an abandoned practice that allowed judges to override juries on death sentences.
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - UN mission finds reasonable grounds to believe U.S. committed war crimes in Iran
The U.S. may have committed war crimes in two airstrikes in Iran , including a mass-casualty strike on a school for which Washington has yet to claim responsibility, a UN fact-finding mission said Thursday. The big picture: The administration has waged a campaign of aggressive, norm-busting war-fighting, with the president repeatedly threatening to hit civilian infrastructure in his pressure campaign on Tehran. - The president has shrugged off questions about his attacks on Iran and previously said he wasn't concerned if his threats could amount to war crimes. - The White House and Pentagon did not immediately respond to Axios' request to respond to the UN team's findings. What's inside: The UN mission found "reasonable grounds to…
The U.S. may have committed war crimes in two airstrikes in Iran , including a mass-casualty strike on a school for which Washington has yet to claim responsibility, a UN fact-finding mission said Thursday. The big picture: The administration has waged a campaign of aggressive, norm-busting war-fighting, with the president repeatedly threatening to hit civilian infrastructure in his pressure campaign on Tehran. - The president has shrugged off questions about his attacks on Iran and previously said he wasn't concerned if his threats could amount to war crimes. - The White House and Pentagon did not immediately respond to Axios' request to respond to the UN team's findings. What's inside: The UN mission found "reasonable grounds to…Open
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Four years after Mahsa Amini, the defiance lives on
Iranian women are defying the country's strict dress code laws by singing and dancing publicly, with some being sentenced to years in prison. This comes four years after the death of Mahsa Amini for allegedly breaking the law. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Florida Death Row Inmate Seeks Stay Of Execution For DNA Search
Attorneys for Daniel Conahan Jr., 72, are asking the Supreme Court to stay the execution of their client, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday.
Attorneys for Daniel Conahan Jr., 72, are asking the Supreme Court to stay the execution of their client, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday.Open
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Egyptian TV presenter sentenced to death over drug trafficking
Egyptian TV host Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death by hanging along with 11 others after a Cairo court convicted them of running a drug trafficking network, state media reported.
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - America is seeing an uptick in executions
Data: Death Penalty Information Center ; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Florida executed its 14th prisoner for the year on Tuesday, adding to a post-COVID surge in capital punishment that drove more executions last year than any since 2009. The big picture: Even as fewer courts sentence defendants to death and more than half of the states have banned or at least temporarily halted the practice, the Trump administration has overtly cheered on the death penalty. - "The increased number of executions last year reflected the enthusiasm and the urging of this administration to increase use of the death penalty, and the acquiescence of some state officials to that political pressure," Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director…
Data: Death Penalty Information Center ; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Florida executed its 14th prisoner for the year on Tuesday, adding to a post-COVID surge in capital punishment that drove more executions last year than any since 2009. The big picture: Even as fewer courts sentence defendants to death and more than half of the states have banned or at least temporarily halted the practice, the Trump administration has overtly cheered on the death penalty. - "The increased number of executions last year reflected the enthusiasm and the urging of this administration to increase use of the death penalty, and the acquiescence of some state officials to that political pressure," Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director…Open
ABCNEWS - Florida set to carry out 13th execution this year in nation's busiest death chamber
A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to be executed
ABCNEWS - Iran executes protesters in public as regime expands postwar repression: Reports
Public executions returned to the streets of Iran last week as the regime clamps down on public dissent after months of war with the U.S. and mass protests in January.
NPR (Nina Totenberg) - Supreme Court declines to hear Texas man's intellectual disability case in capital case
The court's action means Victor Saldaño is likely to be executed even though both defense and state experts determined he was not eligible for execution under the law.
The court's action means Victor Saldaño is likely to be executed even though both defense and state experts determined he was not eligible for execution under the law.Open
HUFFPOST - Supreme Court Declines Alabama's Request For Nitrogen Execution
A spokesperson for the Alabama Department of Corrections said the execution was off for the evening and the state would not try another method.
A spokesperson for the Alabama Department of Corrections said the execution was off for the evening and the state would not try another method.Open