United States 2000
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on United States in 2000
- MAY 2, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Christina Riggs, 28, a former nurse sentenced to death...
Christina Riggs, 28, a former nurse sentenced to death for smothering her two young children was executed in Arkansas
- MAY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Felix Rohatyn, the U
Felix Rohatyn, the U
- APRIL 26, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Federal moratorium on executions (Senate)
Federal moratorium on executions (Senate)
- APRIL 8, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Rev. Pat Robertson, speaking at a symposium on religion...
Rev. Pat Robertson, speaking at a symposium on religion and the death penalty at the College of William and Mary, said: "I think a [death penalty] moratorium would indeed be very appropriate."
- MARCH 3, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Former counterculture guru Ira Einhorn, sheltering...
Former counterculture guru Ira Einhorn, sheltering in France to avoid serving a life term for murdering his girlfriend in America, said he was a symbol of all death row inmates in the U
- MARCH 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
January-March, 2000: Constitutionality of electric chair
January-March, 2000: Constitutionality of electric chair
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before...
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before her 63rd birthday, for the murder of her fifth husband
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Gallup Poll shows that although a majority of Americans...
A Gallup Poll shows that although a majority of Americans favor the death penalty, that percentage has been gradually decreasing and is now at 66%, its lowest level since 1981
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
As representatives of the European Union, Joao da Rocha...
As representatives of the European Union, Joao da Rocha Paris, Ambassador of Portugal, Francois V
- FEBRUARY 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont introduced the Innocence...
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont introduced the Innocence Protection Act of 2000 in the U
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Federal moratorium on executions (House)
Federal moratorium on executions (House)
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Following this campaign the American states of Missouri...
Following this campaign the American states of Missouri and North Carolina decided to sue Benetton whilst the Sears chain of shops decided not to sell Benetton products following pressure from pro-death penalty groups
- JANUARY 31, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Moratorium on executions declared in Illinois
Moratorium on executions declared in Illinois
- JANUARY 19, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
According to an ABCNEWS
According to an ABCNEWS
- JANUARY 9, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Fashion giant Benetton joined Italy's offensive against...
Fashion giant Benetton joined Italy's offensive against the death penalty with its 2000 advertising campaign called "We, On Death Row
- JANUARY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
92 persons were freed from death row since 1973, 8 this year
92 persons were freed from death row since 1973, 8 this year
- JANUARY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In 2000, 14 states introduced pro-abolition or pro-moratorium...
In 2000, 14 states introduced pro-abolition or pro-moratorium bills, because of the high number of miscarriages of justice
- JANUARY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
There are currently 74 death row inmates (all male)...
There are currently 74 death row inmates (all male) sentenced as juveniles constituting about 2% of the total death row population
- JANUARY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The decline in support of the death penalty is mirrored...
The decline in support of the death penalty is mirrored in other 2000 polls in such states as Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia
- JANUARY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Commutations in capital cases on humanitarian grounds
Commutations in capital cases on humanitarian grounds
- JANUARY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
About 90% of 2000 Executions in South
About 90% of 2000 Executions in South
- JANUARY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In the USA there are 38 retentionist states (of which...
In the USA there are 38 retentionist states (of which at least 35 have very active death penalty dockets), 11 circuits with many federal district courts in each circuit all handling death penalty cases, all making law, some in conflict with others
- JANUARY 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Five women have been executed in the United States...
Five women have been executed in the United States since the Supreme Court lifted a ban on the death penalty in 1976