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.
The change comes after a failed IV placement delayed the scheduled execution of a convicted killer in 2023
Rafael Caro Quintero, extradited from Mexico in 2022, appeared in Brooklyn court as feds weigh capital charges for the torture and murder of Agent Enrique Camarena
New DA Nathan Hochman reverses former DA George Gascón’s directive, citing the need for accountability in the most extreme murder cases
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien says death row inmate Warren Keith Henness’ motion is an abuse of the court system
Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found unresponsive in his solo death-row cell at the state’s maximum-security prison
U.S. Supreme Court rulings prohibited the inmate’s execution because of her disability
Several of the victims were killed while inside vehicles or in drive-by shootings
Inmate Scott Dozier has tried to cut his neck and wrist and obtain deadly drugs while waiting to be executed for murders committed in 2007
“I seek to be executed as I do here, this day, stand on death row a guilty man worthy of death — please grant me this plea,” inmate David Cox wrote
Jose Antonio Jimenez was convicted of the fatal stabbing and beating death of a woman in 1992
Twenty-five executions were carried out in 2018, the fourth consecutive year in which there have been fewer than 30 executions nationwide
Alvin Braziel Jr. received lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1993 slaying of a 27-year-old jogger
Alvin Braziel Jr., 43, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday for a 1993 murder
Mississippi’s state Supreme Court on Thursday denied appeals from two death row inmates
David Earl Miller was convicted of a 1981 murder and had been on death row for 36 years, the longest of any inmate in Tennessee
David Earl Miller will be executed in the electric chair Thursday evening for a 1981 murder
Joseph Garcia fatally shot Officer Aubrey Hawkins during a Christmas Eve robbery in 2000
The inmate is asking the court to consider his claims that the electric chair is unconstitutional but the state’s lethal injection method is worse
The 47-year-old inmate was sent to death row in 2003, after being part of one of the largest prison escapes in Texas history
Joseph Garcia is slated to die on Tuesday, close to two decades after busting out of a maximum-security prison and going on a crime spree that left a police officer dead
Lawyers for David Earl Miller have argued that Tennessee’s injection method causes excruciating pain
David Earl Miller has until Monday to decide whether he wants to die by lethal injection or electrocution
David Earl Miller’s attorneys argue the court needs to give guidance on what inmates must do to establish that a more humane method of execution is available
On Friday, the Tenn. Supreme Court set execution dates for death row inmates in 2019 and 2020
The Alabama Supreme Court set a Feb. 7 execution date for Dominique Ray
Alabama has for years refused to release the details of its execution process and where it gets the drugs used in lethal injections
Attorneys have suggested lethal gas for the inmate, who has a rare medical condition
Compton was convicted of capital murder Oct. 15 in the July 2016 slaying of CO Mari Johnson
If the court disagrees, the suit also asks for permission to use other alternatives such as orally administering lethal drugs over using a needle
In two 4-3 rulings, justices ruled the competency law violated due process rights guaranteed in the Arkansas and U.S. Constitutions
Edmund Zagorski, 63, became only the second person to die in the electric chair in Tennessee since 1960 when he was executed Thursday
Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has so far approved at least a dozen death penalty prosecutions over the past two years
The man responsible for building the state’s electric chair thinks the device may malfunction