• Judge Blocks Federal Executions Hours before Lethal Injection of Inmate

    Judge Blocks Federal Executions Hours before Lethal Injection of Inmate

    A U.S. district judge issued a halt on all federal executions on Monday, hours before the scheduled lethal injection of an inmate in Indiana. The Trump administration has attempted to restart executions on the federal level after a 17-year pause. Judge Tanya Chutkan of the D.C. Circuit Court issued the latest delay, writing in her …
  • Colorado Abolishes Death Penalty

    Colorado Abolishes Death Penalty

    The room used for executiuons at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Tex., September 29, 2010 Colorado officially abolished the death penalty in the state on Monday, becoming the 22nd state to do so since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. The bill bans capital punishment for defendants convicted of Class 1 felonies in Colorado …