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
Only 30 people were sentenced to death in the U.S. in 2016, the lowest number since the early 1970s
A ballot initiative approved by voters to speed up death penalty appeals was put on hold to consider a lawsuit challenging the measure
The court sided with the inmate who sought DNA testing on a cigarette butt found near the scene that led to his sentence
The state executed the most inmates in a calendar year since SCOTUS allowed executions to resume 40 years ago
The move comes amid a challenge of a state law that shields details about the lethal injection drugs the state plans to use
Nevada has 81 people on death row and no planned executions
A Delaware Supreme Court ruling earlier this year declaring the state’s death penalty law unconstitutional is retroactive
Ricky Gray’s attorneys said there is a serious risk that the state will “chemically torture” the man to death
Attorneys are challenging the state’s plan to use lethal injection drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy
Several senators have urged Obama to declassify the 6,770-page investigation so the public can have a full accounting of past torture practices
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away appeals from death row inmates in four states that raised different questions about the fairness of capital punishment
Romell Broom is only the second inmate to survive an execution in U.S. history and the only via lethal injection
Officials have paid a secret compounding pharmacy $66K to obtain lethal injection drugs for its next two executions
The inmate coughed repeatedly and his upper body heaved for at least 13 minutes during an execution
Critics of a lethal injection drug that led to an inmate heaving his chest, coughing and appearing to move bolstered their argument that the drug should not be used in lethal injections
Problems include delays in finding suitable veins and needles becoming clogged or disengaged
Attorneys asked the board to spare the inmate, calling the case tragic but arguing that Ronald Phillips is not among the worst of the worst offenders
A jury recommended a life sentence, but a judge overrode the decision and sentenced Ronald Bert Smith to death
The court rejected arguments that attorneys wasted time challenging evidence against the killer and should have focused on sparing him from capital punishment
Attorneys told the jury to decide whether Dylann Roof “should be sent to prison with no possibility of release ever or should he be executed”
A jury convicted Ronald Bert Smith Jr. of capital murder in 1995 and recommended life imprisonment by a 7-5 vote
Justices are considering whether to apply their earlier ruling declaring the state’s death penalty law unconstitutional to the cases of a dozen men already sentenced to death
This year’s tally also marks the most executions Georgia has carried out in a calendar year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976
Dylann Roof’s lawyers have offered to plead guilty if federal prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty
The state has rejected a proposal to temporarily delay the January execution of a man set to die for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend’s daughter
The 50-year-old inmate, who was convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of John Lee Moore in March 1990, is set to receive a lethal injection at 7 p.m. Tuesday
The killing of the CO was a calculated slaying, federal prosecutors said
A federal judge agreed Monday to let a white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners rehire his attorneys until a verdict is reached
Authorities said he killed the girls to get back at his ex-wife
An inmate scheduled to be executed is asking the governor to stop it because a judge imposed a death sentence over the jury’s recommendation of life imprisonment