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.
Brad Sigmon, who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat, was shot by three volunteer Broad River Correctional Institution employees
Five states authorize firing squads, though the method has been used only three times in the past five decades
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
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
Juries must unanimously find at least one aggravating factor justifying the imposition of the death penalty under the new law
The governor commuted the sentence of death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts to life without the possibility of parole
Arkansas does not have a supply of vecuronium bromide, one of the three drugs used in the lethal injection process
Christopher Young became the eighth prisoner put to death this year in Texas, one more than all of 2017 in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state
Robert Van Hook was sentenced to die for fatally strangling and stabbing a man he met in a bar in 1985
At the request of state authorities, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick agreed to impose a 12-month extension in an order temporarily staying all executions in Louisiana
Ohio moved a condemned killer to the state death house Tuesday as officials began preparations for the state’s first execution in several months
Christopher Young’s execution would be the eighth this year in Texas, one more than all of last year in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state
Under the order, attorneys for death row inmate Robert Van Hook and an assistant attorney general will be on the line with the judge in case something goes awry
A lawsuit challenging the state’s lethal injection protocols has blocked Louisiana from carrying out any death sentences since 2014
Hours before he was to be put to death, Scott Dozier was spared execution Wednesday when a Nevada judge granted an injunction
A lawsuit challenging Alabama’s lethal injection process took an unexpected turn after the inmates asked to be executed by nitrogen gas
Arkansas’ governor says he supports an effort that would keep the manufacturers and labels of state’s lethal injection drug supply off-limits to the public
With the rise of the internet, many are harnessing its power to beg for a second chance at life
Death row inmate Teddrick Batiste lost out on a federal appeal despite claims of bad lawyering and brain damage
In recent weeks, the Texas prison system received 15 more doses of the powerful barbiturate used in its death chamber
A sedative that officials plan to use for Scott Dozier’s execution is blamed for problems during other executions
An execution date was set for Carey Moore, a crucial step needed to carry out Nebraska’s first execution in 21 years
Prosecutors argued delaying Robert Van Hook’s execution this late in the process would “constitute an abuse of the justice system”