Thanks But No Thanks: Two US death row inmates are reportedly rejecting #Biden's commutations of their death sentences to life and want them rescinded. Their reasoning? The action undermines their still-pending innocence claims. But even if he wanted to, there may be no way for

Seeking to reject their commutations from #Biden and to restore their death sentences seems a high-risk maneuver by these two US inmates, to say the least. What if they get their wish, then lose their innocence claims in coming years? The #Trump administration would then face no

Breaking on the #DeathPenalty///: Outgoing AG Garland says drug used in Trump executions may cause condemned inmates notable pain; says its use should be discontinued Outgoing U.S. Attorney General #MerrickGarland says the drug used to execute 13 federal inmates at the end of

MORE: Below, links to a new #DOJ report on the use of #pentobarbital in executions and the Garland letter about concerns it cause pulmonary edema: Report: justice.gov/ag/media/13845… Letter: justice.gov/ag/media/13845…

Donald #Trump, as expected, wasted no time seeking to restart federal executions _ following a historic run of 13 during his first term. Back in office, he's now signed the executive order below to lift a #Biden freeze on the government's #deathpenalty program, and vowing to

Men Whose Death Sentences Biden Commuted Told They're Bound For Supermax Where 'El Chapo' Is Held Inmates still housed on U.S. death row and whose death sentences President #Biden commuted to life in his last days in office, tell me they've been told the plan under #Trump is

#SupremeCourt throws out Oklahoma inmate Richard #Glossip's murder conviction and death sentence. #DeathPenalty apnews.com/article/suprem…

#Trump's Day One executive order calling for wider use of the #deathpenalty across the U.S. appears to be emboldening states. The message they seem to have received: Neither the executive branch nor the #SupremeCourt will obstruct their #execution plans, whatever they may be.

The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. By AP’s Gene Johnson. #DeathPenalty apnews.com/article/firing…

Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes. @ap apnews.com/article/south-…

Texas Walmart Gunman who Killed 23 to Avoid Death Penalty ‘(County District Attorney) Montoya said he supports the death penalty and believes #PatrickCrusius deserves it. But he said he met with the families of the victims and there was an overriding desire to conclude the

Breaking: Prosecutors directed to seek #deathpenalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect #LuigiMangione apnews.com/article/united…

This decision to seek the #deathpenalty for #LuigiMangione aligns with a Jan. 20 #Trump order for the DOJ to always err on the side of seeking death sentences. That's a major policy change. It could result in dozens of new federal capital trials a year compared to one or two a

The AP article by Mike Sisak and Alanna Durkin Richer says #LuigiMangione's case is the first for which the DOJ has sought the death penalty since #Trump's return to the White House.

Florida looks to be following #Trump's recommendation for states to retry US death row inmates who received commutations from Joe #Biden. Florida officials recently said they'll seek to restore the #deathsentences at a state trial for #DanielTroya and Ricardo Sanchez for the 2006

Biden Discusses Death Row Decisions #JoeBiden tells The #NYT he declined to commute three US death sentences before he left office on grounds their #terrorism and #hatecrimes had "national implications." He issued commutations for 37 others on US #deathrow. Biden also said he