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.
Convicted killer James Osgood says he’s ready to be executed for the 2010 killing of Tracy Lynn Brown and opposes protests in his name
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the state will be deliberate on nitrogen executions and said prison expansion has broad support
Mikal Mahdi admitted to shooting Orangeburg Officer James Myers eight times before burning his body in a shed in 2004
The legislation would stop the use of the death penalty for violations of federal law and require that any person already sentenced to die for a federal crime be re-sentenced
Four inmates have been executed in Tennessee since August 2018
Executions in Arizona were put on hold after the July 2014 death of Joseph Wood
The issue took on unexpected urgency on Thursday when the DOJ announced that it will begin executing federal death row inmates again
He did not have a scheduled execution date
DOJ announced Thursday that it will resume executing death row prisoners
Five inmates who have been sentenced to death are scheduled to be executed starting in December
The early Democratic front-runner’s plan aims to reduce incarceration, end the federal death penalty and expand the DOJ’s role in investigating police departments
The court upheld the convictions and death sentence of a man who killed four people in Omaha, seemingly at random, shortly after his release from prison in 2013
Newsom’s executive order only halts the death penalty while he is governor. In the meantime, DAs across the state have continued to pursue capital charges against defendants
Pennsylvania’s death penalty has been used three times since it was reinstated by the state in 1978
Aubrey Trail, 52, opted Thursday to have the death penalty portion of his case sent directly to a three-judge panel
The inmate is one of seven escaped prisoners blamed for the 2000 slaying of a Dallas-area police officer
The 1980 shooting, which news accounts described as one of the bloodiest in Orange County history, also wounded two officers and two bar patrons
It’s been 10 years since New Mexico repealed the death penalty, but up until Friday the state still had two inmates on death row
His illness causes blood-filled tumors to grow in his head, neck and throat and argues that a throat tumor could burst during the execution, causing him to choke
Attorneys for the death row inmate argued that the state’s lethal injection method is unconstitutionally painful
The Court cited discriminatory practices in the jury selection process in at least five or six separate instances the inmate has been tried
The inmate was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the 1996 killing of 24-year-old Donovan Corey Parks, an off-duty CO
The bill adds the killing of LEOs, COs and probation officers back to the definition of aggravated murder
The poll found that 52% back Newsom’s moratorium compared to 48% who oppose the governor’s actions
In a rare case, the U.S. DOJ is seeking the death penalty in Illinois, a state that abolished the sentence in 2011
Despite its annulment in the state, technicalities of the death penalty are featured heavily in an inmate’s case
A man accused of killing an off-duty CO who had agreed to give him a ride outside a Walmart store is scheduled to be executed later this month
Christopher Lee Price, 46, became the second inmate put to death in Alabama in two weeks
The vote came a week after the House voted to override the governor’s veto of a bill to repeal capital punishment
His execution was set for last month, but his death warrant expired before the Court lifted a stay that blocked it
His execution was witnessed by a woman who survived one of his attacks and aided in his capture
The House moved to eliminate the state’s death penalty, overriding the governor’s veto
Don Johnson was executed by lethal injection for the 1984 suffocation of his wife
