By Evie Fordham Nevada asked the state Supreme Court Wednesday to overrule the delay of a murderer’s execution after it was postponed because a drug company didn’t want its product used in the lethal injection process. The state of Nevada and the Nevada Department of Corrections are two of the petitioners in the request that the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Anders Hagstrom Californians voted seven months ago to keep the death penalty and speed the appeals process for executions, but a lawsuit being considered by the California Supreme Court is holding up the entire process. California’s November referendums approved both the death penalty and Proposition 66, which put a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A Baton Rouge lawmaker thinks he can drum up enough support during the legislative session to stop handing out death sentences to convicted murderers and rapists in Louisiana, reports 710KEEL. Republican Senator Dan Claitor is optimistic that he can rally enough support to end the capital punishment through the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jennifer Maffessanti Earlier this year, I participated in a press conference announcing the launch of the Georgia Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty, which is a statewide network of conservatives and libertarians who believe capital punishment violates our values. The event featured well-known speakers from across the state, and…
By Kody Fairfield The jury that was given the responsibility of deciding on the Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof‘s fate has come back with a decision after only three hours of deliberation: death. The 12 person jury came to the unanimous decision of the death penalty, deciding against “life in prison” for the convicted and unremorseful murderer. The…
by Caitlin Grimes Last year, Nebraska became the 18th state to abolish the death penalty. Unlike other states, Nebraska’s legislature is unicameral and nonpartisan. There are conservatives, progressives, and libertarians serving in the state senate, but there are no Republican or Democratic caucuses influencing votes. As such, the historic decision proves how much common ground…
By R. Brownell Juan Martin Garcia was executed in Huntsville, Texas on October 7th, despite the opposition of the wife of the man he murdered. As IJ reported about the story: In 1998, Garcia, who was 18 at the time, robbed Hugo Solano at gunpoint for $8. Solano was fatally shot 4 times in the head…
By Charles Barr It’s not everyday you find comments from one of the most Progressive members of Congress aligning with Libertarian and pro-liberty minded folks. After Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 counts of inhumane acts of terrorism, Senator Elizabeth Warren said in an interview, “My heart goes out to the families here,…