“It’s strange when they near your cell. You lose all your strength, as if a rope is dragging it out of you. Then the footsteps stop in front of another DR cell and when you hear the sound of the key turning, you feel relieved.” — Sakae Menda, 34 years on death row and exonerated.

1/2Veranstaltungshinweis Am Dienstag, 3.6.2025 von 14 bis 15 Uhr findet in Saarbrücken vor dem Landtag eine Mahnwache unserer iranischen Freunde statt ‼ Die Initiative gegen die Todesstrafe e.V. ist einer der Kooperationspartner ‼Wir freuen uns über Unterstützung vor Ort ‼

Death Penalty News: Iran | Executions in Rasht, Ahvaz, Qazvin, Karaj, Dezful, Zanjan deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2025/05/iran-e… #iran #sharia #islam #deathpenalty

(2/2) After the war Mengele avoided arrest by escaping to South America. In 1962, he filed an appeal before court in #Frankfurt against the University of Frankfurt for revoking his medical diploma. He lost the case but continued to avoid prosecution for his crimes in #Auschwitz.

🚨Mississippi is poised to resume ex*cutions — starting with the man who may be the longest-serving d*ath row inmate in the country. #RichardJordan. ✊Take action → bit.ly/RichardJordanMS 🌱Help DPA be ready for what's ahead: bit.ly/JusticeCantWait #JusticeCantWait

Former Alabama death-row prisoner Floyd Coleman, the state’s oldest inmate, dies at age 106 at Birmingham hospital. al.com/news/2025/05/a… AL.com carol robinson PHADP #deathpenalty

If North Carolina prisons reduce their use of solitary confinement, what's next? - goo.gl/alerts/mz6aqc

Never forget.

Idaho pauses executions into 2026 as prison system preps for firing squad. While the final cost is not yet available, a previous estimate for the death chamber's remodel was nearly US$1 million. deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2025/05/idaho-… #idaho #deathpenalty #firingsquad

“The death penalty is here to stay in our society, at least for a while. Maybe, in time — after how many executions? — people will come to realize the futility of randomly selecting a few people to die each year.”  — Sr. Helen Prejean, author of “Dead Man Walking” #deathpenalty

USA | Federal judge denies attempt to block commuted death row inmates' transfer to 'Supermax' prison deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2025/05/usa-fe… #deathpenalty #supermax #commutation #donaldtrump #solitaryconfinement

South Carolina man who received rare double death sentence chooses method of execution deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2025/06/south-… #southcarolina #deathpenalty #pentobarbital

Scott Peterson’s hopes for freedom dashed when appeals court denies petition in wife’s murder deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2025/06/scott-… #california #scottpeterson #DNAtesting

South Carolina Supreme Court rejects inmate’s request for more firing squad details deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2025/06/south-… #SouthCarolina #deathpenalty #firingsquad

1 June 1962. After midnight Adolf Eichmann, who managed the logistics involved in the mass deportations of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps, was executed in Israel. See the Yad Vashem exhibition about his trial: wwv.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibiti… #deathpenalty #holocaust