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 inmate has already been sentenced to life after pleading guilty in the March escape from a Boise hospital, but the murder charge is in a different county
As the state of Alabama plans additional nitrogen gas executions, questions and disagreements continue over what happened at the first one.
The state said in its argument before the state Supreme Court that lethal injection, electrocution and firing squad all fit existing death penalty protocols
Anthony Allen Shore is set to die for the 1992 strangling of a woman whose body was dumped at a Dairy Queen
The justices appeared to be in broad agreement that a lawyer can’t override his client’s wish and concede his guilt
Rep. Eddie Tallon said the bill he’s filing will make drug suppliers part of the execution team
Authorities claim Isaiah Otis Wilmont McCoy forced a woman into prostitution
Critics of the death penalty say it’s costly and cruel punishment, while others say it should be applied when appropriate
Thomas “Bart” Whitaker is slated to die on Feb. 22 for the 2003 slayings of his mother and younger brother
Isaiah Otis Wilmont McCoy was convicted of shooting a Maryland man in 2010 and was initially sentenced to death
The proposal is necessary, some senators say, because the state can’t get the chemicals necessary for lethal injections
Gov. Susana Martinez will push again this year to reinstate the death penalty and toughen criminal sentences for a host of offenses
SCOTUS is giving a death row inmate whose execution was called off last year another chance to raise claims of racial bias on his jury
A lawsuit challenging the state’s lethal injection protocols has kept death sentences on hold since 2014
At issue is a lawyer’s request for records about Ohio’s lethal injection drugs and whether a law prohibits that information’s release
Oklahoma has struggled to obtain the lethal drugs used in executions as manufacturers have said they don’t want their products used to kill people
Death row inmate Donna Roberts was convicted of planning her ex-husband’s 2001 killing with a boyfriend in hopes of collecting insurance money
Reginald Clemons, who spent 22 years on death row, admitted he took part in the rape and killing of two sisters
The execution of Willie Russell, who was convicted of killing CO Argentra Cotton, was blocked after Russell said he didn’t have a lawyer to appeal his sentence
Joseph Giarratano was convicted in the 1979 rape and murder of Michelle Kline and the murder of her mother, Toni Kline
Pasquotank County’s DA said he would seek the death penalty against the four inmates charged in the attacks
The inmate’s lawyers say it’s “patently unfair” that he was sentenced to death for killing a friend when his accomplice, who deliver the fatal knife wounds, got a life sentence
The lawsuit seeks a court order barring the state from carrying out any executions
The numbers also show that Texas will regain its standing as the nation’s most active state in carrying out capital punishment
The Nebraska DOC says the records are protected by attorney-client privilege and that the supplier is part of its “execution team,” whose identities are confidential
The doctor said scarcity of lethal injection drugs drove plans to use a never-before-tried three-drug combination for the state’s first execution in 11 years
Despite two failed executions since 2009 and another that had severe problems, Ohio doesn’t plan to change their execution protocol
Convicted killer Russell Bucklew narrowly escaped execution three years ago because of a rare medical condition
Alva Campbell says Ohio raises an unconstitutional risk of serious harm because the first of three drugs may not render inmates unconscious
Bobby Wayne Stone, who was on death row for killing a sheriff’s deputy, was scheduled to die on Dec. 1
Pfizer said they rejected the state’s use of sedative diazepam or the opioid painkiller fentanyl for executions
Each new problem with executions adds to the question of whether Ohio is violating the constitutional rights of death-row prisoners
Billy Joel Tracy slipped one hand out his handcuffs, grabbed CO Timothy Davison’s tray slot bar and used it to beat him