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.
“This pace also protects our team’s mental health and allows time for them to process and recover between the scheduled executions,” the Oklahoma DOC executive director said
Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma have OK’d nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method, although Oklahoma’s law allows it only if lethal injection is no longer available
“We do not believe Mr. Creech is worthy of grace or mercy,” the three parole board members said. “This decision was based on the coldblooded nature of David Dale Jensen’s murder and the sheer number of victims that Mr. Creech has created over his lifetime”
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
The state’s death penalty system remains on pause, as officials develop a new methods for executions amid legal challenges and botched executions
SCOTUS rejected an appeal from death row inmate Bill Kuenzel who claims evidence withheld by prosecutors entitled him to a new court hearing
The justices did not comment Monday in turning away the appeal from Bill Kuenzel, convicted of killing a convenience store clerk in 1987
Four Kansas Supreme Court justices facing a campaign to oust them say the court has decided capital murder cases on legal issues while avoiding politics and emotion
Ohio’s three-drug method is worse than a similar procedure used years ago, federal public defenders said
Steven Frederick Spears, 54, is scheduled to die on Nov. 16
A man will not get to hide his tattoos during his upcoming murder trial punishable by the death penalty
A reporter suing over Missouri’s refusal to allow him to witness an execution isn’t constitutionally guaranteed a right to see someone put to death, the state argued
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