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 was sentenced to die for the 1999 beating death of Daisy Hallum, 70, and to life without parole for the shotgun slaying of her son, Sam Hallum, 38
Willie James Pye was executed at 11:03 p.m. on March 20, making him the 54th prisoner killed by lethal injection in Georgia and the 77th person executed by the state since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976
The condemned prisoners will be rehoused in the general population across two dozen high-security state prisons, where they will gain access to a broader range of rehabilitative programming and treatment services
Tommy Arthur’s lawyers said the state has refused to turn over records related to the state’s last two executions
Alabama cannot execute a 66-year-old inmate with stroke-induced dementia because he doesn’t understand his death sentence or remember the killing, an appellate court ruled
James Bigby looked directly at six relatives of his victims watching through a window a few feet from him and repeatedly said he was sorry
Under the new bill, Florida will now require a unanimous jury recommendation before the death penalty can be imposed
James Bigby would be the fourth Texas inmate executed this year and the sixth nationally
Gov. Asa Hutchinson scheduled four sets of double executions to occur before another drug, midazolam, expires at the end of April
Raymond Tibbetts told the parole board that he doesn’t deserve clemency and believes he had a fair trial
A bill would require a unanimous jury recommendation before the death penalty can be imposed
Patrick Leonard was sentenced to death for the 2000 killing of his ex-girlfriend
Rolando Ruiz was given a lethal injection for fatally shooting Theresa Rodriguez outside her home in 1992
According to a lawsuit settlement, California will no longer keep death row inmates in solitary confinement only because of their purported gang affiliations
Rolando Ruiz is scheduled to die for the murder-for-hire slaying he carried out more than 24 years ago
Officer Susan Canfield was killed when her horse was struck by a truck used in the inmate’s escape
The court lifted the stay on its ruling upholding Arkansas’ lethal injection law
Inmates’ attorneys say a stay blocking the executions is still in place while an amended complaint challenging the state’s lethal injection law is pending
Gov. Asa Hutchinson scheduled execution dates for eight inmates in an attempt to resume the death penalty after a nearly 12-year hiatus
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review appeals in three Texas death row cases, including one where a man pleaded guilty to a triple slaying
Investigators said Dillion Gage Compton is accused of killing CO Marianne Johnson on July 16
The justices agreed to take up the appeal from Marion Wilson, who was convicted for his role in killing a CO in 1996
The last time the state executed an inmate was in 2005
The state could end its practice of allowing judges to hand down death sentences despite a jury’s recommendation
Lawyers filed a motion to set an execution date for Tommy Arthur, one day after SCOTUS turned down his latest appeal
At issue is whether a contested sedative is powerful enough to put inmates into a deep state of unconsciousness before two drugs paralyze them and stop their hearts
Executions have been on hold since 2014 after Joseph Rudolph Wood, who was given 15 doses of midazolam and a painkiller, took nearly two hours to die
The last inmate executed coughed for the first 13 minutes of the procedure and appeared to move after a consciousness check
The appeals court agreed with the state that a law that protects the identity of the state’s execution team applies to those who supply the execution drug
A Senate version of the bill has not been scheduled for a hearing, so it appears the measure will suffer the same fate as death penalty repeal efforts in previous years
Roof says prosecutors didn’t have jurisdiction to bring their case against him
Capital punishment was abolished by the state Supreme Court in 2015
Bills to abolish the state’s death penalty have failed in every legislative session since 1999
