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 Oklahoma attorney general requested the transfer after President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to ensure states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions
President Donald Trump’s directive prioritizes the death penalty “regardless of other factors” when the case involves the killing of a law enforcement officer
Ex-New Orleans cop Len Davis was sentenced to death after he was convicted of ordering a woman killed in 1994 after she alleged he and his partner beat a young boy
Hundreds of drug companies had previously refused to supply the state with execution drugs
Officials say their search for a replacement remains on hold until an execution secrecy law is expanded
Anthony Kirkland, 49, was convicted of killing two teenagers in 2010
U.S. District Court won’t hear trial challenging state’s use of execution drug until April 2019
No inmate in the U.S. has been put to death with nitrogen gas before
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by news organizations seeking to let media and public witnesses view more of the process of executions
The state used a never-before-tried combination of drugs, which included fentanyl
The state will use a never-before-tried combination of drugs including fentanyl
A federal judge on Friday refused to block the execution despite a pharmaceutical company’s lawsuit that claims the state illicitly obtained its drugs
The inmate was scheduled to die next week for fatally stabbing a 63-year-old woman
Executions have been on hold in Oklahoma since 2015, following several mishaps
Fifty-nine-year-old inmate Billy Ray Irick was convicted in the death of a Knoxville girl he was babysitting
The federal lawsuit filed late Tuesday could delay the Aug. 14 execution of Carey Dean Moore, who was sentenced to death for killing two Omaha cab drivers in 1979
CO Ronald “R.J.” Johnson was killed in a failed prison escape attempt in April 2011
Court documents argue that drug company Alvogen’s effort to block the use of its sedative midazolam is part of a “guerrilla war against the death penalty”
Marcellus Williams’ guilt in the stabbing death of a former newspaper reporter has been called into question by DNA evidence
Billy Ray Irick would be the first inmate Tennessee has executed since 2009
The execution comes with significant risks for prison officials, who haven’t carried out a death sentence since using the electric chair in 1997
Pope Francis’ decree that the death penalty is “inadmissible” in all cases could pose a dilemma for Roman Catholic politicians and judges in the United States
Nearly two dozen former COs filed a court brief in support of a death row inmate’s claim that his medical condition could cause an unconstitutionally cruel execution
The objections from two more pharmaceutical companies come as the state prepares to execute its first inmate in nearly 21 years
Death row inmate David Braden wants his court-ordered payments adjusted, saying he’s so poor he can’t afford new shoes or boots
The company joined a bid to stop the use of a sedative for the twice-postponed execution of Scott Raymond Dozier
An inmate sentenced to death for molesting and killing his infant son is begging the state to speed up his execution
Officials are preparing to carry out the state’s first-ever lethal injection with a never-before-used combination of drugs
The judge said lawyers didn’t prove there’s a less painful means to carry out the execution or that the drugs would cause the inmate to be tortured to death
Officials are seeking to overrule a delay of the execution after a drug company opposed the use of its product
An appeals court asked a trial court to determine whether an inmate sentenced to die for a CO’s death really is volunteering for execution
Attorney General Jeff Landry asked Louisiana’s governor to support bringing back hanging, firing squads and the electric chair
Federal public defender Kelley Henry said the three-drug method amounts to torture