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      DeSantis Death Penalty Spree Fuels Surge in US Executions

      The Florida governor approved the executions of six people this year, and the state imposed five new death sentences.

      Julia Conley
      Dec 01, 2023

      Florida governor and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis made a return to capital punishment in his state a key element of his "tough on crime" campaign messaging this past year, and the result was an overall increase in the use of the death penalty in the United States, according to a new annual report.

      The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) found that although a majority of U.S. states—29 of them—have now either abolished the death penalty or enacted a moratorium on executions, the number of people killed by state governments rose from 18 in 2022 to 25 in 2023.

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      Abolish the Death Penalty and a Touch of Hope for Richard Glossip

      Despite a growing consensus that Glossip is actually innocent, Oklahoma’s capital punishment “justice” system remains determined to kill him.

      Amy Goodman
      Denis Moynihan
      May 13, 2023

      Richard Glossip has been on Oklahoma’s death row for 25 years, convicted of masterminding the 1997 beating death of Barry Van Treese, the owner of a motel he managed. While Glossip has maintained his innocence, he’s faced nine separate execution dates. Just weeks ago, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted to allow Glossip’s scheduled May 18th execution to proceed. Then, last week, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Glossip a temporary stay of execution pending its review of his case. Despite a growing consensus that Glossip is actually innocent, Oklahoma’s capital punishment “justice” system remains determined to kill him.

      But not all officials are on board: Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and state Representative Kevin McDugle, both Republicans, argue Glossip was denied a fair trial. McDugle watched documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s series, “Killing Richard Glossip,” based in part on investigative reporting by Intercept journalists Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith. McDugle concluded the state has no real proof of Glossip’s guilt.

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      Richard Glossip

      Richard Glossip Gets Stay of Execution From US Supreme Court

      "There is nothing more harrowing than the thought of executing a man who the state now admits has never received a fair trial," said a lawyer for Glossip.

      Julia Conley
      May 05, 2023

      Anti-death penalty campaigners applauded Friday as the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of execution in the case of Richard Glossip, a death row inmate who has maintained he had nothing to do with the 1997 murder of his boss at a motel in Oklahoma City.

      Glossip's case has been a focus of rights advocates for years, and Oklahoma's Republican attorney general, Gentner Drummond, has recently joined efforts to stop his execution, which had been scheduled for May 18.

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