Florida will account for nearly 60% of all U.S. executions this year if Harold Gene Lucas is put to death as scheduled Sept. 1. If carried out as planned, Lucas’ lethal injection will be the 14th for the state and…
Tennessee death penalty opponents urge halt to executions
Death penalty opponents in Tennessee got a jump on this year’s abolition efforts by urging the state to stop all executions including four already scheduled in 2026. Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty gathered with community and religious leaders…
A prayer for the death of the death penalty
On Sept. 8, 2021, the United States Supreme Court took the unusual step of staying Texas’ execution of John Ramirez, a convicted murderer. The question the court has decided to consider is a narrow one. Notably, the question is not…
Arkansas plan to execute 7 men in 11 days strengthens faith, death penalty opposition
It was a Holy Week unlike any other for death-penalty opponents in Arkansas and the rest of the nation. It began with outrage over the state’s plan to begin executing seven men the day after Easter. It was filled with…