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.
Attorney General Russell Coleman said that the families of victims deserve “justice” via these executions
The new methods, including electrocution and nitrogen hypoxia, are approved to be used on the state’s nearly 60 death row inmates starting July 1
The governor also signed bills that eliminate parole for adults who commit crimes after Aug. 1 and dramatically cut the availability of good behavior credits in prison
Defense attorneys dismissed by Charleston church shooting defendant Dylann Roof strongly condemned his decision to represent himself
Attorneys asked the board to spare Ronald Phillips, calling the case tragic but arguing that he is not one of the worst of the worst offenders
Lawyers say the state’s process for setting and carrying out executions denies a death row inmate due process
The court has yet to decide whether recent rulings apply to all death row inmates or only to the ones going through their first rounds of automatic appeals
The Court seems likely to side with an inmate who claims he is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible to be executed
SCOTUS is set to examine whether Texas is trying to put to death a convicted killer who’s intellectually disabled
The court ruled that a law updating Ohio’s definition of a wrongfully imprisoned person could be applied retroactively
Dale Johnston was convicted for a 1982 murder before winning his freedom on appeal due to prosecutorial misconduct and the withholding of evidence
The court upheld Terrance Phillips’ two murder convictions, but found his two death sentences were “disproportionate”
Florida has been in a moratorium for a year after SCOTUS ruled the death penalty sentencing process unconstitutional. (AP Photo)
Steven Frederick Spears told a psychiatrist he didn’t really want to die but also didn’t want to continue living in prison
Convicted murderer Clayton Lockett was executed on April 29, 2014, in a procedure that took almost an hour
Jessie Con-ui put federal prosecutors on notice that he plans to use a “mental disease or defect” defense against the death penalty if convicted of murdering a CO
Steven Frederick Spears, 54, is scheduled to die Wednesday by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital
The psychologists all determined that John Battaglia, who murdered his daughters in 2001, is incompetent for execution — but for different reasons
Researchers found last meal requests and whether the condemned person eats or not reveals whether they believe they are innocent or whether they have accepted their fate
Steven Frederick Spears has refused to help efforts to spare his life but struggled with whether he wants to die
This past Election Day there were several California propositions on the ballot that were criminal justice related
The justices upheld the convictions and sentences imposed on Leon Davis Jr.
A day after Calif. voters narrowly approved an initiative aimed at speeding up executions, opponents asked the state Supreme Court to block it from taking effect
A Texas court lifted a reprieve that, for the second time in a decade, prevented a convicted hit man from being executed
Now that state voters have restored the death penalty, Gov. Pete Ricketts says he plans to meet with the attorney general to discuss how to resume executions
Voters approved speeding up the court appeals offered to condemned inmates, instead of repealing the death penalty
Attorneys for Jessie Con-ui filed motions seeking to bar a judge from allowing evidence in the murder trial
Regulations submitted Friday would let COs choose between four execution drugs, depending on which one is available
Voters will have an opportunity Tuesday to reverse an action taken by the Legislature and reinstate Nebraska’s death penalty
Douglas Shine Jr. could face the death penalty after being convicted of opening fire in a barbershop, killing three people and wounding three others
The court stayed Tommy Arthur’s execution to consider taking up his challenge to the state’s execution procedure
The inmates argued the law violated free speech rights by restricting information that informs the public debate over capital punishment
Tommy Arthur is set to be executed Thursday for his role in the killing of Troy Wicker
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