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Executions and Death Sentences Drop to Historic Lows in 2020, even as Federal Government Ramps Up Executions

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(Washington, D.C.) In a year unlike any other that featured the combination of court shutdowns from the worst pandemic in more than a century, a national reawakening on racial justice issues, and historically aberrant behavior by the federal government, executions and death sentences in the United States fell to historic lows. The deep decline in… Read More →

Richard Moore Execution Stayed

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Today, November 30th, the South Carolina Supreme Court stayed the 12/4 execution date scheduled for Richard Moore. In its stay order, the Court explained it had “been advised the South Carolina Department of Corrections does not have, and will not be able to obtain, the drugs required for execution by lethal injection by December 4,… Read More →

Justice 360 Statement on State Secrecy

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November 23, 2020 – Richard Moore and his attorneys are not engaging in a last-minute attempt to “cheat the executioner.”  For months, even before South Carolina scheduled an execution date, they began asking the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) to provide information about how it intends to carry out Moore’s execution. Moore needs this… Read More →