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.
In a letter to drop his appeals, Derrick Dearman wrote that “it’s not fair to the victims or their families to keep prolonging the justice that they so rightly deserve”
The Idaho Department of Correction retrofitted its execution chamber at the maximum security prison south of Boise to retain lethal injection as its preferred method
The inmate said he took responsibility for the slayings, regretted his actions and was praying for prison officials, officers and “for my brothers and sisters behind these walls”
Officials asked a judge to dismiss most of a lawsuit by news organizations seeking more public access to state executions
Robert Earl Butts Jr. twitched briefly as the lethal injection flowed into his body and groaned, “It burns, man”
Robert Earl Butts Jr. is scheduled to die for killing an off-duty CO after asking him for a ride outside a Walmart
Robert Earl Butts Jr., convicted of robbing and killing an off-duty CO, had been scheduled to die Thursday
The DA’s Office is launching a new investigation into the case of former death row inmate Alfred Dewayne Brown and his claims of “actual innocence”
A parole board is considering whether to grant clemency for Robert Earl Butts Jr., who’s scheduled to die Thursday
The lawsuit seeks to block a subpoena following a complaint by state Sen. Ernie Chambers, a death penalty opponent
Robert Butts Jr., who is scheduled to die on Thursday, said he’s “tremendously sorry” for his role in Donovan Parks’ death
Russell Bucklew says his rare medical condition could cause him to choke on his own blood during an execution
Mumia Abu-Jamal is asking a judge to vacate his failed appeals attempts so he can again appeal his case
Brandon Lacy’s attorneys said the man’s initial set of defense lawyers was so bad that he is entitled to a new trial
Erick Davila offered no apologies and appeared almost cocky, saying “I may have lost the fight but I’m still a soldier”
Erick Davila is set to die for the shooting deaths of a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother during a birthday party 10 years ago
The auditor said the decades Walter Moody sat on death row was an example of justice delayed equaling justice denied
Robert Earl Butts Jr., convicted in the slaying of an off-duty CO, argued he should be resentenced because he wouldn’t get the death penalty if he were sentenced today
Walter Leroy Moody Jr., 83, became the oldest prisoner put to death in the U.S. in modern times
A package bomber who created a wave of terror across the South is scheduled to be executed in Alabama, nearly 30 years after killing a federal judge
The court rejected a challenge that argued juries and not judges should impose death sentences
Judge Wendell Griffen lay tied to the cot during a demonstration by death penalty opponents
Lawyers for Robert Earl Butts Jr. said the inmate should be resentenced because he wouldn’t get the death penalty if he were sentenced today
Walter Moody argued that Alabama has no right to carry out the death penalty while he’s also serving a federal sentence
Robert Earl Butts Jr. was convicted of killing an off-duty CO after asking him for a ride outside a Walmart in 1996
Walter Moody was convicted of mailing the bomb that killed Judge Robert Vance and seriously injured his wife
The court said Willie Russell must be re-evaluated to see if he’s too intellectually disabled for the death penalty
Enoch D. Hall was sentenced to die for beating, strangling and stabbing corrections officer Donna Fitzgeral in 2008
The lawsuit said the new rules would bar journalists from fully reporting on the lethal injection procedure
The lawyers said the inmates’ sentences should be vacated because the state no longer believes in executing its worst criminals
The court ruled that a man sentenced to death for the 1991 fatal stabbing of an elderly couple isn’t intellectually disabled and may be executed
Bruce Ward has asked SCOTUS to consider whether he should have been entitled to help from an independent mental health professional before and during his trial
A spokeswoman said the renewed request to the Justice Department will avoid “stressful delays” and cut “excessive costs” of lengthy federal court proceedings