United States 2020
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on United States in 2020
- JUNE 22, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC Report — 1,344 Prisoners are on U.S. Death Rows in Violation of U.S. Human Rights Obligations
USA - DPIC Report — 1,344 Prisoners are on U.S. Death Rows in Violation of U.S. Human Rights Obligations
JUNE 18, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. Utah has gone more than a decade without carrying out an execution.
USA - Utah. Utah has gone more than a decade without carrying out an execution.
- JUNE 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 4 federal executions scheduled in July and August. These executions are unlikely to occur.
USA - 4 federal executions scheduled in July and August. These executions are unlikely to occur.
JUNE 9, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Governor Signs Bill Authorizing Compensation for Death-Row Exoneree Clifford Williams.
USA - Florida. Governor Signs Bill Authorizing Compensation for Death-Row Exoneree Clifford Williams.
JUNE 5, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Walter Ogrod leaves prison after 28 years.
USA - Pennsylvania. Walter Ogrod leaves prison after 28 years.
- JUNE 4, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Prisoners' swap with US, Michael White and Majid Taheri
IRAN - Prisoners' swap with US, Michael White and Majid Taheri
MAY 23, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Hannah Cox, of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty: “Death Penalty is Now a GOP Fringe Position”
USA - Hannah Cox, of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty: “Death Penalty is Now a GOP Fringe Position”
MAY 20, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Zacarias Moussaoui says he is renouncing terrorism
USA - Zacarias Moussaoui says he is renouncing terrorism
MAY 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. Department of Corrections is closing death row
USA - Oregon. Department of Corrections is closing death row
MAY 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The body of Ali Ajami, Iranian human rights activist, found in Texas on May 6, 2020.
IRAN - The body of Ali Ajami, Iranian human rights activist, found in Texas on May 6, 2020.
- APRIL 21, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.S. Supreme Court: Unanimous jury verdict required to convict.
USA - U.S. Supreme Court: Unanimous jury verdict required to convict.
APRIL 21, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. 4,000 coronavirus cases in the Ohio prison system
USA - Ohio. 4,000 coronavirus cases in the Ohio prison system
APRIL 20, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Michigan. William Garrison died of COVID-19 a few days before his release after serving 44 years.
USA - Michigan. William Garrison died of COVID-19 a few days before his release after serving 44 years.
APRIL 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Two tv series about death penalty.
USA - Two tv series about death penalty.
APRIL 12, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. David Bruck Is Selected for Guantánamo’s 9/11 Trial
USA - Military. David Bruck Is Selected for Guantánamo’s 9/11 Trial
- APRIL 8, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Prisoners and COVID-19
USA - Prisoners and COVID-19
- APRIL 7, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overtured an injunction against the Trump administration’s plan to restart federal executions
USA - Federal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overtured an injunction against the Trump administration’s plan to restart federal executions
APRIL 3, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 2019 Exoneration Report
USA - 2019 Exoneration Report
- MARCH 27, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Coronavirus Pandemic Halts Executions, Perhaps for the Foreseeable Future.
USA - Coronavirus Pandemic Halts Executions, Perhaps for the Foreseeable Future.
MARCH 25, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Retirement of Guantánamo Military Judge Likely to Further Delay Sept. 11 Death-Penalty Trial.
USA - Retirement of Guantánamo Military Judge Likely to Further Delay Sept. 11 Death-Penalty Trial.
MARCH 18, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The Sentencing Project publishes its "ANNUAL REPORT 2019"
USA - The Sentencing Project publishes its "ANNUAL REPORT 2019"
- MARCH 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Updates on Guantánamo Bay
USA - Military. Updates on Guantánamo Bay
- MARCH 12, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Winter 2020 edition of Death Row USA (DRUSA), updated to January 1, 2020
USA - The Winter 2020 edition of Death Row USA (DRUSA), updated to January 1, 2020
- FEBRUARY 25, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Army Judge Proposes 2022 Trial in Guantánamo’s Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Case
USA - Military. Army Judge Proposes 2022 Trial in Guantánamo’s Abd al-Rahim al-Nashirig Case
- FEBRUARY 21, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Justice Sotomayor writes a devastating rebuke of conservative colleagues’ callousness and fealty to Trump.
USA - Justice Sotomayor writes a devastating rebuke of conservative colleagues’ callousness and fealty to Trump.
- JANUARY 28, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
JANUARY 24, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Paul Browning becomes the 168th person exonerated from death row.
USA - Nevada. Paul Browning becomes the 168th person exonerated from death row.
- JANUARY 3, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Sentences Decline by More than Half in Decade of the 2010s.
USA - Death Sentences Decline by More than Half in Decade of the 2010s.
- JANUARY 1, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
To date, the death penalty no longer exists in 18 of the 50 U.S. States
To date, the death penalty no longer exists in 18 of the 50 U.S. States