August 07, 2013
Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the execution of John Ferguson in the US State of Florida Read More navigateright
July 18, 2013
A Fulton County judge has upheld a stay of execution for Warren Hill, expressing concern that a new state law, which allows the Department of Corrections to keep secret the identities of those who make and distribute the lethal injection drugs used to carry out an execution, is unconstitutional. The state’s attorneys plan to immediately appeal the ruling to the State Supreme Court. If the court overturn’s Judge Tusan’s injunction, it remains possible that Hill could still be executed on Friday, July 19th at 7pm ET. Read More navigateright
July 15, 2013
Fulton County Superior Court has temporarily stayed tonight’s scheduled execution of Warren Hill so that a briefing can take place on Mr. Hill’s complaint challenging the extreme secrecy surrounding the execution in light of Georgia’s new Lethal Injection Secrecy Act. Read More navigateright
July 01, 2013 – By: Anita Grabowski
Will Georgia execute a man who has been found to have an intellectual disability by every single doctor who has examined him? That is the disturbing question in the case of Warren Hill, who faces execution on Monday, July 15. Read More navigateright
June 07, 2013 – By: Michael Stone
In 1976 the Supreme Court upheld one of the country’s most controversial practices — capital punishment. Since then, over 1,300 Americans have been executed by the state. Read More navigateright