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 United States has reached 1,600 executions since the death penalty was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976
Alan Eugene Miller killed three co-workers in 1999; Miller was paranoid and believed they had been gossiping about him
The family of the victim, Lisha Gayle, and the prosecutor objected to the execution of Marcellus Williams, saying they wanted his sentence commuted to life in prison
The justices initially gave Keith Leroy Tharpe another chance to raise claims of racial bias on his jury
With weeks to go before his execution, lawyers for Erick Davila argued he didn’t intend to kill more than one person
The sedative diazepam that the state has expires May 1, and the Nevada DOC may not be able to get more
The Arkansas Department of Correction insists that secrecy is needed to ensure a steady supply of the drugs
Lawyers say an inmate is trying to “frustrate” the enforcement of the states’s execution law by raising appeals the state and SCOTUS have already considered
Rosendo Rodriguez III spoke defiantly and never apologized to relatives of his victims before his execution
A judge lifted his own court’s previous order blocking California from carrying out death sentences by lethal injection
Doyle Lee Hamm’s legal team said the private settlement would end efforts at setting another execution date
The ACLU of Nebraska is challenging the state’s lethal injection protocol, arguing that officials adopted a flawed protocol last year without adequate public review
Rosendo Rodriguez is set for execution for the 2005 slaying of Summer Baldwin, who was 10 weeks pregnant
The inmate wants justices to prevent his execution while he pursues another case before the U.S. Supreme Court
The men were convicted of separate killings in Birmingham, Alabama
The arguments came in the case of Jack Greene, whose November execution was halted by the Arkansas Supreme Court
The law will allow the state to asphyxiate condemned inmates with nitrogen gas if lethal injection drugs are unavailable or lethal injection is ruled unconstitutional
Walter Leroy Moody Jr. was condemned for the mail bomb death of U.S. Circuit Judge Robert S. Vance in December 1989
The memo comes after President Donald Trump called for death sentences for some drug dealers
An Arkansas death row inmate out of appeals at the state level wants another chance before the U.S. Supreme Court
If signed by the governor, Alabama would be the third state to employ the method
Russell Bucklew was scheduled to die for killing a former girlfriend’s new boyfriend during a violent rampage in 1996
Russell Bucklew alleges that the process of killing him could cause blood-filled tumors to burst inside his head
Anthony Boyd requested the court to review his case after a federal appeals court said lethal injection and electrocution are Alabama’s only approved execution methods
The justices on Monday let stand the convictions and death sentences of Abel Daniel Hidalgo
Russell Bucklew is scheduled to die for killing a former girlfriend’s new boyfriend in 1996
The parole board’s report supports arguments by the lawyer for death row inmate William Montgomery that there’s too much doubt and uncertainty about the case
Carlton Gary, known as the “stocking strangler,” was executed for the rape-slayings of three older women
Michael Wayne Eggers was convicted of killing his former boss at a traveling carnival nearly two decades ago
Citing an agreement he made to avoid execution, the Florida Supreme Court tossed a death sentence given to an escaped Louisiana inmate
Carlton Gary, known as the “stocking strangler,” was convicted of raping and killing older women in attacks
Officials said they plan to use nitrogen gas to execute inmates, marking the first time a U.S. state would use the gas to carry out capital punishment
Delaware’s Supreme Court found the state’s death penalty unconstitutional in August 2016, when 13 men were on death row