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Richard Branson, business leaders renew call to end ‘inhumane’ death penalty ahead of scheduled executions
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Marketwatch: Richard Branson, business leaders renew call to end ‘inhumane’ death penalty ahead of scheduled executions
MarketWatch: Richard Branson says business leaders must join the fight to end ‘brutal’ and ‘deeply flawed’ death penalty
The Guardian: Canadian firm under fire for supplying equipment for Alabama execution
CBC: Firm with Quebec ties makes mask to be used in U.S. prisoner execution
Le Journal de Montréal: Masque utilisé pour une exécution: une pétition lancée contre une entreprise québécoise
La Presse: À un masque canado-américain de la mort
Michigan Live: U.N. experts warn Alabama against nitrogen gas execution
2024
CNN: Singapore executes first woman in nearly two decades for drug trafficking
The Oklahoman: Oklahomans, do you want to be known on the global stage for a broken justice system?
Arizona Republic: Pausing executions is a good start. Now Gov. Katie Hobbs must ban them
Death Penalty Information Center: Tennessee Business Leader Underscores Problems with the Death Penalty
The Tennesseean: Tennessee’s death penalty problems don’t end at lethal injection
Fast Company: Ohio is close to abolishing the death penalty. Here’s why businesses should help
2023
The Independent: How a note hidden in dusty files for 18 years could stop the execution of Richard Glossip
Yahoo! News: A British citizen will die in prison in the US. Liz Truss won’t intervene
The Independent: Court orders Alabama to preserve evidence after ‘Kafkaesque’ botched midnight execution
The Independent: Oklahoma denies clemency for severely mentally ill death row inmate barricaded in his cell
Yahoo! News: Alabama suspends execution after inmate demands novel way to die
The Independent: The death row inmate whose conviction looks so shaky even Oklahoma Republicans are fighting to save him
Yahoo! News: Critics call for investigation into ‘abhorrent’ three-hour Alabama execution
Vice: Singapore Just Executed an Inmate at the Heart of a Growing Anti-Death Penalty Movement
The Independent: Why it is beyond time for the US to end the death penalty
The Sydney Morning Herald: ‘Dark stain’ on Singapore: Branson fights to save low-IQ man from death
CBS News: Melissa Lucio's delayed execution sparks debate over death penalty in the U.S.
The Independent: Emotional moment Melissa Lucio learns she has been granted a stay of execution
The Independent: ‘Fighting for momma bear’: Melissa Lucio’s son begs Texas to halt her execution for a crime he knows ‘she couldn’t have done’
The Independent: Tennessee governor calls off Oscar Smith execution, citing ‘oversight in preparation for lethal injection’
The Independent: Texas prosecutor refuses to impose ‘unethical’ death penalty days after requesting killer’s execution date
The Independent: Amanda Knox joins calls to halt Melissa Lucio execution: ‘I wish I could welcome her into our exoneree family’
The Independent: How does execution by firing squad work in South Carolina
The Independent: Tennessee death row inmate seeks to halt execution next week over DNA evidence
The Independent: Nun who wrote ‘Dead Man Walking’ joins calls to save Melissa Lucio from execution
The Independent: Majority of Texas Senators urge state to stop ‘miscarriage of justice’ Melissa Lucio execution
The Independent: Melissa Lucio ‘a symbol of wrongful convictions,’ documentary director says as execution approaches
The Independent: I’m an expert in false confessions who looked at Melissa Lucio’s case. Texas is executing an innocent woman.
The Independent: Why Kim Kardashian and others are rallying to stop the ‘tragic’ execution of Melissa Lucio in Texas
The Independent: Women on death row: How being a ‘bad mother, bad wife and bad woman’ became a death warrant
The Independent: Juror who sentenced Melissa Lucio to death for daughter’s murder calls for retrial: ‘I was wrong’
BBC World Service: Singapore plans to execute mentally disabled man.
The Independent: ‘Barbarous’: Activists dismayed as South Carolina completes firing squad chamber to resume executions.
The Independent: California to close death row and convert it into a ‘positive, healing environment’
Deseret News: Ending the death penalty would help Utah’s economy and make people safer.
Salt Lake Tribune: Irving Roland: We must seize this moment to end the death penalty in Utah.
The Independent: Oklahoma set to execute disabled Black man a month before trial challenging lethal injection begins
Vice: Richard Branson wants Singapore to spare a prisoner’s life. We asked him why.
The Independent: Republicans in ultra-conservative Utah introduce bill to outlaw the death penalty.
2022
The Independent: Singapore’s death penalty for drug crimes under scrutiny as disabled smuggler awaits his fate.
Sir Richard Branson’s Blog: Letter to The Honorable Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma
The Independent: Why the record exec behind Lorde and Katy Perry is fighting against the death penalty.
The Independent: Women on death row: How being a ‘bad mother, bad wife and bad woman’ became a death warrant.
Billboard: Music industry leaders join fight to abolish the death penalty: 'We have a responsibility.'
Sir Richard Branson’s Blog: Music industry leaders join fight to abolish the death penalty: 'We have a responsibility.'
The Guardian: More than 150 global business leaders call for end of death penalty.
MarketWatch: Galaxy Digital CEO and founder Mike Novogratz on why investors should call for an end to capital punishment.
Newsweek: More than 150 business leaders back campaign to end death penalty.
The Independent: He’s been to space – now Richard Branson says his next mission is ending the death penalty
Forbes: Richard Branson on why the death penalty is the latest front for business activism.
Bloomberg: Branson’s anti-death penalty drive backed by 150 business chiefs.
The Independent: Businesses have to lead the fight to end capital punishment.
Al Jazeera: What does it take to get CEOs to stand against the death penalty?
The Independent: ‘Broken beyond repair’: 150 executives including Sheryl Sandberg join The Independent to demand an end to the death penalty.
The Hill: More business leaders back campaign to end the death penalty.
BBC World Service: Why business leaders are more crucial than ever to ending capital punishment.
City A.M.: The interview: Sir Richard Branson on the past, present and future
Bloomberg: Sheryl Sandberg and Marc Benioff join death penalty campaign.
Business Insider: Business leaders cannot ignore America's cruel, racist death penalty.
CNN: Rep. Ayanna Pressley adds support to end death penalty.
Al Jazeera: 40+ business leaders join pact to end death penalty.
Arizona Capital Times: The return of the death penalty takes Arizona backwards.
Montgomery Advertiser: Let’s kill the death penalty with capitalism.
Inc.: Here's the Big Social Justice Issue Richard Branson Wants You to Care About.
Business Insider: Sir Richard Branson spoke to Insider about his ongoing campaign to eradicate capital punishment.
Bloomberg: Billionaire Richard Branson leads business push to abolish death penalty
ABC: Branson leads business group demanding end to death penalty
The Guardian: 'Inhumane and flawed': global business leaders urge governments to end death penalty
CNN: Richard Branson launches campaign to end the death penalty
Al Jazeera: Is the world at a ‘tipping point’ to abolish the death penalty?
Fast Company: Richard Branson: Why business leaders should advocate for the end of the death penalty
The Hill: Global business leaders launch campaign against the death penalty
TriplePundit: U.S. business leaders can tip the balance on the death penalty