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 justices ruled prosecutors withheld evidence and failed to correct false testimony in Richard Glossip’s murder trial for the 1997 killing of his former boss
Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976 — all were in Utah, with the last one taking place in 2010
Michael Nance argued that his medical conditions make lethal injection inhumane, but a federal judge ruled the method does not create unconstitutional suffering
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
Any new job can be stressful, but that stress is multiplied when your first day is working as a CO on death row
The fallen CO’s widow said her husband experienced “cruel and unusual punishment” but the inmate’s death was “peaceful”
Rodney Berget, 56, will be put to death for the 2011 slaying of a CO
The court’s decision converted the sentences for the state’s eight death row inmates to life in prison without release
Execution plans remain on hold while the court decides whether the inmate had adequate representation
Following the ruling, a Tenn. death row inmate has chosen to be electrocuted, the inmate’s lawyer said
32 death row inmates are asking the state’s high court to declare Tennessee’s lethal injection method unconstitutional
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in the case of an inmate sentenced to death for killing an officer in 1985 but who can no longer remember the murder
