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Judge Don Stephens has issued a stay of execution for Archie Billings.

Similarly, Judge Terrence Boyle has stayed proceedings against Kenneth Rouse and George Page.

News Update 2.21.07

North Carolina

Executions on hold in eleven states, including North Carolina, due to ethical concerns about lethal injection.

You may have heard that House Speaker Jim Black entered an Alford plea to charges of bribery and obstruction of justice. What’s an Alford plea?

Elsewhere

The American Bar Association finds that Indiana’s death penalty is applied nearly at random.

Maryland Governor to make rare appearance before legislature to say why he opposes the death penalty.

Whether Texas executed an innocent man or not, there were still tremendous failings in the case of Ruben Cantu.