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news john olivers last week tonight criticizes execution secrecy laws and sketchy procurement of pentobarbital by federal government during the april 7 2024 episode of last week tonight host john oliver focused on grim developments in the death penalty since his last segment covering lethal injection in 2019 since then 91 people have been executed including 13 federal prisoners during former president donald trump s administration our federal and state governments have continued to pursue questionably legal and definitely horrifying ways that again i would argue they shouldn t be doing at all mr oliver asserted he explained that the increased difficulty in obtaining drugs required for lethal injection has pushed lawmakers to enact secrecy statutes that protect the identities of businesses and individuals involved in drug development and procurement at every level those who carry out executions crave secrecy said mr oliver because of these practices several states have tried to source drugs from some pretty sketchy suppliers which mr oliver claims is a problem because when drugs are tainted or not formulated at the proper dosage executions become a protracted nightmare of suffering which is both horrifying and also unconstitutional while president trump s administration offered sanitized accounts of all 13 federal executions mr oliver says that autopsies of two executed individuals revealed that the prisoners lungs were twice as heavy as they should be indicating pulmonary edema where fluid rushes into the lungs and airways causing a drowning or suffocating sensation without adequate anesthetization rare agreement between district attorney and defense counsel acknowledge prosecutorial misconduct and need for new trial for melissa lucio https deathpenaltyinfo org news rare agreement between district attorney and defense counsel acknowledge prosecutorial misconduct and need for new trial for melissa lucio thu 11 apr 2024 11 35 00 0400 death penalty information center https deathpenaltyinfo org news rare agreement between district attorney and defense counsel acknowledge prosecutorial misconduct and need for new trial for melissa lucio on april 5 2024 cameron county district attorney luis saenz and innocence project attorney vanessa potkin released a joint statement regarding melissa lucio s case which has been pending additional review for almost two years on january 11 2023 the parties submitted an agreed findings of fact and conclusions of law stating that the defense was not given access to favorable information in the prosecution s possession at trial an error that they agree should entitle ms lucio to a new trial under texas procedure the trial court must make a recommendation to the cca which is the only court that can vacate a conviction explained the statement we are hopeful that melissa s case will be resolved ms lucio s son john and his wife michelle also issued a statement we are grateful to district attorney saenz for recognizing that evidence that our baby sister mariah s death was an accident not a murder was never presented to the jury we are also thankful to melissa s legal team we hope and pray that our mother can soon come home to her family lawsuit filed at the california supreme court alleges racist application of the death penalty violates the state constitution https deathpenaltyinfo org news lawsuit filed at the california supreme court alleges racist application of the death penalty violates the state constitution wed 10 apr 2024 09 21 00 0400 death penalty information center https deathpenaltyinfo org news lawsuit filed at the california supreme court alleges racist application of the death penalty violates the state constitution on april 9 2024 the california office of the state public defender along with several civil rights groups filed an extraordinary writ petition at the california supreme court arguing that the state s capital punishment system violates the state s constitution because of its racially biased implementation in 2021 the california committee on revision of the penal code confirmed that racial bias is entrenched in the state s death penalty system the california constitution does not permit a two tiered system of justice where the most severe sentence the state has on its books is imposed overwhelmingly on black and brown people said lisa romo a senior deputy state public defender we urge the court to address this long standing injustice and ensure that black and brown people are no longer sentenced disproportionately to death in the filings attorneys for the plaintiffs noted that both attorney general rob bonta and governor gavin newsom have agree d that persistent and pervasive racial disparities infect california s death penalty system ag bonta opposes capital punishment and has previously acknowledged there is a disparate impact on defendants of color especially when the victim is white gov newsom has also publicly disclosed his opposition to the death penalty stating in an amicus brief previously filed with the court that the overwhelming majority of studies that have analyzed america s death penalty have found that racial disparities are pervasive and that the race of the defendant and the race of the victim impact whether the death penalty will be imposed in march 2019 just two months after taking office gov newsom signed an executive order placing a moratorium on the death penalty in california explaining that death sentences are unevenly and unfairly applied to people of color despite the acknowledgement from both ag bonta and gov newsom regarding these serious racial disparities the lawsuit alleges that california prosecutors have continued to seek the death penalty and obtain sentences against a disproportionate number of people of color santa clara california county district attorney requests resentencing for county s entire death row https deathpenaltyinfo org news santa clara california county district attorney requests resentencing for countys entire death row tue 09 apr 2024 13 06 00 0400 death penalty information center https deathpenaltyinfo org news santa clara california county district attorney requests resentencing for countys entire death row on april 5 2024 santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen filed petitions asking the county superior court to resentence 15 death sentenced men from his county to sentences of life in prison without the possibility for parole these petitions were filed four years after da rosen announced his office would no longer seek the death penalty a decision partly in response to nationwide calls for criminal legal reform following the murder of george floyd at the time da rosen said that mr floyd s death had changed our country and our community it has changed my office it has changed me da rosen also noted that his views about the death penalty were affected by visits to the legacy museum in montgomery alabama which traces the history of slavery through mass incarceration of people of color i went there supporting the death penalty he told the los angeles times i left not so sure anymore in filings submitted to the santa clara superior court da rosen cited the diminishing likelihood of any executions because of governor gavin newsom s execution moratorium as well as the irreversible nature of capital punishment and inability to guarantee due process to all defendants the state is dismantling death row and it is time we recognize this reality and dismantle these sentences as well stated da rosen in one of the resentencing motions acknowledging that the defendants are not the only people impacted by his decision da rosen noted in all petitions that the enduring and indescribable pain felt by crime victims families and friends cannot be discounted or ignored as a prosecutor da rosen previously supported capital punishment and sought the death penalty at trial on several occasions but stopped doing so because of what he said was a lack of fairness in the criminal legal system i used to think that in a perfect world in a perfectly fair society there could be some crimes so horrible and awful that the appropriate response would be death he said but i ve come to know what we all know we don t live in a perfect world where everything is fair i just began to feel like we don t have the moral authority to execute someone if the court grants the motions da rosen said his office will have greater resources to focus on local crime and offer closure to victims families who have waited for decades to see finality in their family member s case ohio s attorney general s report describes death penalty as enormously expensive and broken in 2023 capital crimes report https deathpenaltyinfo org news ohios attorney generals report describes death penalty as enormously expensive and broken in 2023 capital crimes report mon 08 apr 2024 12 35 00 0400 death penalty information center https deathpenaltyinfo org news ohios attorney generals report describes death penalty as enormously expensive and broken in 2023 capital crimes report at a time when faith in society s institutions is at an all time low the failure of the capital punishment system could be exhibit a concludes the annual capital crimes report issued by by ohio attorney general dave yost the report highlights numerous problems with its broken capital punishment system including the enormously expensive cost the ohio legislative service commission has estimated that the cost of capital cases range from 1 to 3 million per case based on a collection of quantitative and qualitative studies in other states if these estimates apply to ohio then the extra cost of imposing the death penalty 121 times on the 119 people currently on death row might range from 121 million to 363 million notes the report i t s a stunning amount of money to spend on a program that doesn t achieve its purpose missouri s first execution of 2024 scheduled for man whose trial lawyers had conflicts of interest and who has unprecedented support for clemency https deathpenaltyinfo org news missouris first execution of 2024 scheduled for man whose trial lawyers had conflicts of interest and who has unprecedented support for clemency fri 05 apr 2024 09 38 00 0400 death penalty information center https deathpenaltyinfo org news missouris first execution of 2024 scheduled for man whose trial lawyers had conflicts of interest and who has unprecedented support for clemency brian dorsey pictured a missouri death row prisoner scheduled for execution on april 9 2024 has garnered widespread support for clemency from more than 70 corrections officials a former missouri supreme court judge multiple jurors democratic and republican state legislators faith leaders and his family members several of whom are related to the victims sarah and ben bonnie all of whom have called on governor mike parson to commute his sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole noteworthy among these supporters is a group of 72 current and former missouri correctional officers who submitted and signed a letter asking gov parson to grant mr dorsey clemency and commute his death sentence generally we believe in the use of capital punishment these officers wrote but we are in agreement that the death penalty is not the appropriate punishment for brian dorsey all these officers know mr dorsey personally from their time spent working at potosi correctional center where mr dorsey has lived in an honor dorm and worked for over a decade as the staff barber a position of exceptional trust and respect the officers added that e very one of us believe that brian is a good guy someone who has stayed out of trouble never gotten himself into any situations and been respectful of us and of his fellow inmates multiple corrections officers submitted individual letters of support with one writing that mr dorsey has accepted what he did and taken accountability for his crime it is my impression that he has spent his time since then trying to do his best by being a role model to other inmates and providing a valuable service to staff oklahoma set to carry out its first execution of 2024 attorney general told to man up in response to concerns about pace of executions https deathpenaltyinfo org news oklahoma set to carry out its first execution of 2024 attorney general told to man up in response to concerns about execution pace thu 04 apr 2024 09 30 00 0400 death penalty information center https deathpenaltyinfo org news oklahoma set to carry out its first execution of 2024 attorney general told to man up in response to concerns about execution pace oklahoma is scheduled to execute michael smith on april 4 the state s first execution of 2024 convicted in 2003 for the separate 2002 murders of janet moore and sharath babu pulluru in oklahoma county mr smith has spent the last 21 years on death row following his arrest mr smith confessed to his involvement in these killings to the police but now says that he was high on drugs during his interrogation and does not even remember getting arrested on march 6 2024 the oklahoma pardon and parole board held a clemency hearing for mr smith at which his attorneys told the board about his intellectual disability and years of drug abuse that further impaired his mental ability they also highlighted doubts surrounding his involvement in the murders mark henricksen one of mr smith s current attorneys told the board that if his trial counsel had properly represented him and introduced evidence of his intellectual disability he likely would not be eligible for execution however attorneys for the state disagreed arguing that mr smith continues to present a threat to others particularly noting a 2019 infraction in which mr smith was found in possession of a weapon ultimately the board voted 4 1 denying clemency for mr smith paving the way for his execution by lethal injection in a statement following the board s vote attorney general gentner drummond said that he is pleased the pardon and parole board denied clemency for the ruthless killer who took janet moore and sharath pulluru away from their families justice will finally be served for their tragic loss worldwide wednesday international roundup afghanistan democratic republic of the congo india iran nigeria pakistan russia saudi arabia and united states https deathpenaltyinfo org news worldwide wednesday international roundup afghanistan democratic republic of congo india iran nigeria pakistan russia saudi arabia and united states wed 03 apr 2024 11 25 00 0400 death penalty information center https deathpenaltyinfo org news worldwide wednesday international roundup afghanistan democratic republic of congo india iran nigeria pakistan russia saudi arabia and united states georgia s execution of willie pye the state s first in more than four years garnered criticism from the european union although the european union and its 27 member states oppose capital punishment in all...