Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment is a profoundly complex and controversial aspect of the criminal justice system. This section provides articles that explore the history, legal frameworks, and ethical debates surrounding Capital Punishment in various jurisdictions. Correctional professionals can gain insights into the procedures, implications, and ongoing discussions about using the death penalty. Understanding Capital Punishment is crucial for those involved in its administration and those engaged in broader criminal justice reform efforts. For further context, explore related topics on supermax prisons.
Mikal Mahdi admitted to shooting Orangeburg Officer James Myers eight times before burning his body in a shed in 2004
Ishmael Petty, already serving life for a prior inmate murder, is charged in a second prison homicide at ADX Florence in 2020
The SCI-Somerset attack on Sgt. Mark Baserman, captured on video, showed a calculated assault that prosecutors called “cold-hearted” and fit for capital punishment
The 27 inmates will be moved to general population or special housing somewhere in the state’s prison system
Judge Stephen Friot gave the state until June 5 to provide information and documents on how it’s training members of the execution team
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay to consider last-minute appeals and then denied the inmate’s petitions
Nathaniel Woods is scheduled to receive a lethal injection unless the governor or courts intervene
Nathaniel Woods, who is sentenced to die March 5, is one of two men charged in the 2004 ambush killings
As the state continues to lack the drugs to carry out lethal injections, lawmakers push for an alternative option
Nicholas Sutton will be executed Feb. 20 for killing a fellow inmate
The inmates will have a chance to voluntarily transfer to one of eight state prisons
This is the first time in five years the state will be executing death-row inmates after a series of death-chamber mishaps
The court said a new legal standard determining intellectual disability had to be applied to Charles Brownlow’s conviction
Abel Ochoa was executed less than an hour after his final appeal was rejected
Abel Ochoa would be the second inmate put to death this year in Texas, the third in the U.S.
Gov. Mike DeWine said the state is unable to obtain the necessary drugs from pharmaceutical companies
The state’s execution protocols have been tied up in litigation for nearly a decade, during which the death row population has risen to 68
Nathaniel Woods is scheduled to be executed by injection on March 5 at a south Alabama prison
Donnie Lance would be the first prisoner executed in Georgia this year
Nicholas Sutton is the fifth inmate in a little over a year to choose electrocution over lethal injection
Jimmy Meders had been scheduled for lethal injection for the October 1987 killing of a convenience store clerk
Jimmy Fletcher Meders is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday evening
John Gardner is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday night
Karl Roberts was convicted of capital murder in the killing of his niece, 12-year-old Andria Brewer, in 1999
A judge refused Wednesday to order DNA tests on a gun used to kill a convenience store cashier more than 30 years ago
A judge will hear arguments on whether to order testing on evidence from the 1980s in a killing for which a death row inmate is scheduled to be executed next week
Twenty of the 22 executions in 2019 took place in five Southern states
Briley Piper will still be executed despite allegations his defense attorneys didn’t counsel him properly
Travis Runnels was executed by lethal injection
Travis Runnels is facing lethal injection for the 2003 killing of Stanley Wiley
The justices blocked the Trump administration from resuming federal executions after a 16-year break
Lee Hall chose the electric chair over the state’s preferred execution method of lethal injection
Defense lawyers for Gabriel Hall argued a jury shouldn’t have seen his 2015 interview on Comedy Central