United States 2020
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News on United States in 2020
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - NPR Investigation of more than 200 Autopsies Finds Executed Prisoners Experience Suffocation and Drowning.
USA - NPR Investigation of more than 200 Autopsies Finds Executed Prisoners Experience Suffocation and Drowning.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal Executions Likely Caused Prison COVID-19 Outbreak.
USA - Federal Executions Likely Caused Prison COVID-19 Outbreak.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Report Finds Rampant Government Misconduct in Death-Row Exonerations, Especially with Black Defendants.
USA - Report Finds Rampant Government Misconduct in Death-Row Exonerations, Especially with Black Defendants.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Curtis Flowers Exonerated n. 171
USA - Mississippi. Curtis Flowers Exonerated n. 171
AUGUST 31, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Reaches 931, Surpass Two Decades of Executions
USA - Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Reaches 931, Surpass Two Decades of Executions
AUGUST 28, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Keith Nelson, 45, White, was executed today in the federal system.
USA - Keith Nelson, 45, White, was executed today in the federal system.
AUGUST 27, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Robert Duboise, who had been sentenced to death in 1985, walked out of prison.
USA - Florida. Robert Duboise, who had been sentenced to death in 1985, walked out of prison.
AUGUST 26, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on death row, was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
USA - Federal. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on death row, was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
AUGUST 26, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Autopsy Results Provide ‘Virtual Medical Certainty’ that Prisoners will Experience ‘Excruciating Pain’ During Federal Executions.
USA - Autopsy Results Provide ‘Virtual Medical Certainty’ that Prisoners will Experience ‘Excruciating Pain’ During Federal Executions.
AUGUST 10, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Row USA (DRUSA) up to April 1, 2020
USA - Death Row USA (DRUSA) up to April 1, 2020
AUGUST 9, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Pedro Arias is the 12th death row prisoner to die of Covid-19
USA - California. Pedro Arias is the 12th death row prisoner to die of Covid-19
- JULY 31, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. At least 8 death row prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, 1 died (Alfonso Salazar)
USA - Arizona. At least 8 death row prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, 1 died (Alfonso Salazar)
JULY 31, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence.
USA - Federal. The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence.
JULY 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The U.S. government has set an August 26, 2020 execution date for Lezmond Mitchell, the sole Native American on federal death row
USA - The U.S. government has set an August 26, 2020 execution date for Lezmond Mitchell, the sole Native American on federal death row
- JULY 27, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. 10th death row inmate (Johnny Avila) dies from COVID-19.
USA - California. 10th death row inmate (Johnny Avila) dies from COVID-19.
- JULY 19, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. 39 inmates died by COVID-19 in California’s prisons
USA - California. 39 inmates died by COVID-19 in California’s prisons
- JULY 16, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Wesley Purkey Execution Temporarily Halted
USA - Wesley Purkey Execution Temporarily Halted
- JULY 16, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The federal execution of Wesley Ira Purkey has been accomplished
USA - The federal execution of Wesley Ira Purkey has been accomplished
JULY 14, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Daniel Lewis Lee was executed at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
USA - Daniel Lewis Lee was executed at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
JULY 13, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan (District of Columbia) again halted federal executions
USA - U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan (District of Columbia) again halted federal executions
- JULY 12, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeal overturned the decision to suspend the execution of Daniel Lewis Lee.
USA - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeal overturned the decision to suspend the execution of Daniel Lewis Lee.
JULY 10, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal Jane E. Magnus-Stinson Orders Delay of federal execution of Daniel Lewis Lee.
USA - Federal Jane E. Magnus-Stinson Orders Delay of federal execution of Daniel Lewis Lee.
JULY 10, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - European Union. EU condemns U.S. for resuming federal executions.
USA - European Union. EU condemns U.S. for resuming federal executions.
JULY 9, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. The United States Supreme Court has vacated the conviction of Patrick Dwayne Murphy.
USA - Oklahoma. The United States Supreme Court has vacated the conviction of Patrick Dwayne Murphy.
- JULY 4, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. 5 prisoners die of COVID-19 at San Quentin Death Row.
USA - California. 5 prisoners die of COVID-19 at San Quentin Death Row.
JULY 1, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Kareem Johnson Becomes Nation’s 170th Death-Row Exoneree Since 1973.
USA - Pennsylvania. Kareem Johnson Becomes Nation’s 170th Death-Row Exoneree Since 1973.
JUNE 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Execution Protocol Case, Removing Barrier to Resumption of Federal Executions.
USA - U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Execution Protocol Case, Removing Barrier to Resumption of Federal Executions.
JUNE 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Prosecutor In Iran Claims He Has Issued An Arrest Warrant For Trump.
IRAN - Prosecutor In Iran Claims He Has Issued An Arrest Warrant For Trump.
- JUNE 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. COVID-19 Infects Nearly 200 on California’s Death Row, and 89 members of staff, and 1 death
USA - California. COVID-19 Infects Nearly 200 on California’s Death Row, and 89 members of staff, and 1 death
- JUNE 23, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gallup poll: record low 54% say death penalty is morally acceptable.
USA - Gallup poll: record low 54% say death penalty is morally acceptable.