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McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that actual innocence, if proven, is sufficient to circumvent the one-year statute of limitations for petitioners to appeal their conviction enacted within the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ().
(A 2013 study found that death penalty cases lasted, on average, 148 days vs. life-in-prison cases, which lasted roughly 24 days ; a 2014 Department of Justice report noted that the average time ...
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2003 H.R. 2574: June 24, 2003 Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) 46 Died in Committee. Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2003 S. 402: February 13, 2003 Russell Feingold (D-WI) 0 Died in Committee. 109th Congress: Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act H.R. 4923: March 9, 2006 Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) 45 Died in Committee.
After 20 years on death row, Robinson began sharing his stories with the world; understanding the reality of waiting for death. Currently, 27 states and the U.S. territory American Samoa have ...
Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 420 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the interpretation of a provision of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). The case was argued on February 28, 2000, and decided on April 18, 2000.
The Marshall Project reports on the evolving perception and status of the right for death penalty defendants to present mitigating evidence that could sway a jury.
Maples v. Thomas, 565 U.S. 266 (2012), is a United States Supreme Court ruling in which the Court ruled 7–2 that Cory R. Maples, who had been convicted of murdering two people and faced a possible death sentence, should get another opportunity in court because his lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell had abandoned him.
The United States has executed 23 men this year, with six of those executions coming during one remarkable 11-day period. At least two more executions are scheduled before the end of the year.